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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
Would this be classed as payable gold
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<blockquote data-quote="geosam" data-source="post: 203745" data-attributes="member: 6400"><p>Amazing find <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Just a note though, some of these specimens sell for more than they would for the gold in them. Particularly if its an impressive piece so if you stumble upon a really good sample or specimen maybe of museum or gallery quality than hold on to it! Generally economically viable gold deposits range from 0.5 ppm (g/tonne) up. If its a large reserve than 0.5 is viable for the operation but thats when the gold is hosted in an ore probably a VMS, porphyry, epithermal or IOCG type deposit (just to name a few of them). However native gold hosted in quartz-calcite veins like your specimen are much more profitable for the smaller operation. As the gold is epigenetic and you tend to get fragments of it there is no real accurate way to determine the grams per tonnage unless you were to drill it but even then you would just find flakes or nuggets through the vein you obtained it from and you wouldn't be able to accurately represent the whole extent of the potential gold. The best thing is to just keep working on it until it runs dry <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Congratulations again on the amazing specimen find mate!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geosam, post: 203745, member: 6400"] Amazing find :) Just a note though, some of these specimens sell for more than they would for the gold in them. Particularly if its an impressive piece so if you stumble upon a really good sample or specimen maybe of museum or gallery quality than hold on to it! Generally economically viable gold deposits range from 0.5 ppm (g/tonne) up. If its a large reserve than 0.5 is viable for the operation but thats when the gold is hosted in an ore probably a VMS, porphyry, epithermal or IOCG type deposit (just to name a few of them). However native gold hosted in quartz-calcite veins like your specimen are much more profitable for the smaller operation. As the gold is epigenetic and you tend to get fragments of it there is no real accurate way to determine the grams per tonnage unless you were to drill it but even then you would just find flakes or nuggets through the vein you obtained it from and you wouldn't be able to accurately represent the whole extent of the potential gold. The best thing is to just keep working on it until it runs dry :) Congratulations again on the amazing specimen find mate! [/QUOTE]
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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
Would this be classed as payable gold
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