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Advice on gold recovered (or not) from mineralised quartz vein
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<blockquote data-quote="vcubitt" data-source="post: 409712" data-attributes="member: 12494"><p>Found five more teeny tiny "nuggets" after crushing some more ore ... when I say tiny, I mean tiny - these photos are 100x magnification! I lost three of the "nuggets" being they were even smaller.</p><p></p><p>Both are really interesting because they are like tiny specimen nuggets - it looks like a bit of quartz and iron still in the bigger one and a small bit of iron on the conical one. Interesting because I have never panned a spec out of the Shoalhaven River with other minerals still attached like that. I am guessing this could give a clue to where the gold particles are sitting in this ore, ie with the iron? The "nuggets" look like gold that has never seen a creek or river - they don't look water worn at all. I have never done any hard rock mining before, so I am pretty confident these are not bits left over from prior pannings / sluicings...</p><p></p><p>Perhaps I would get more gold out of my chrushings if I had a mechanical rock crusher rather than a dolly pot. The dolly pot leaves most of the rock uncrushed and I wonder how much still trapped gold I might be panning out. Any ideas would be welcome? </p><p></p><p>Are there any geology heads, or hard rock miners around Canberra who might want to help explore the vein a bit more? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/12494/1525664505_spec_gold.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/12494/1525664562_cone_gold.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vcubitt, post: 409712, member: 12494"] Found five more teeny tiny "nuggets" after crushing some more ore ... when I say tiny, I mean tiny - these photos are 100x magnification! I lost three of the "nuggets" being they were even smaller. Both are really interesting because they are like tiny specimen nuggets - it looks like a bit of quartz and iron still in the bigger one and a small bit of iron on the conical one. Interesting because I have never panned a spec out of the Shoalhaven River with other minerals still attached like that. I am guessing this could give a clue to where the gold particles are sitting in this ore, ie with the iron? The "nuggets" look like gold that has never seen a creek or river - they don't look water worn at all. I have never done any hard rock mining before, so I am pretty confident these are not bits left over from prior pannings / sluicings... Perhaps I would get more gold out of my chrushings if I had a mechanical rock crusher rather than a dolly pot. The dolly pot leaves most of the rock uncrushed and I wonder how much still trapped gold I might be panning out. Any ideas would be welcome? Are there any geology heads, or hard rock miners around Canberra who might want to help explore the vein a bit more? :) [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/12494/1525664505_spec_gold.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/12494/1525664562_cone_gold.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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