It appears I’m in a place with high grade pockets and little to none in between. Does anyone have tips they can share or how to go about this?
If I had the equipment to process tons I’d just chug away at the whole vein keeping notes as I went along. But right now it’s a small PITA grinder and a pan.
Here’s what I did. On this hydrothermal breccia vein I trenched from top to bottom and bagged 3 separate samples. Top, bottom, and a solid quartz vein in the middle (circled).
They all seem to be about the same. Averaging 1 tiny color per pan. I’m guessing this is nowhere near worth mining so I’m going to have to hope I hit random high grade pockets that I can later ID. Paying for an assay seems kind of pointless in this situation.
If I had the equipment to process tons I’d just chug away at the whole vein keeping notes as I went along. But right now it’s a small PITA grinder and a pan.
Here’s what I did. On this hydrothermal breccia vein I trenched from top to bottom and bagged 3 separate samples. Top, bottom, and a solid quartz vein in the middle (circled).
They all seem to be about the same. Averaging 1 tiny color per pan. I’m guessing this is nowhere near worth mining so I’m going to have to hope I hit random high grade pockets that I can later ID. Paying for an assay seems kind of pointless in this situation.
