Crush?

[The 420 Kid]

So I found what appears to be either gold and silver slag or gold and platinum slag or a very highly concentrated concentration I was just wondering can I just go straight to melting it or do I have to crush it?

 

[4metals]

Crush it to a fine powder and pan out the heavier material to concentrate it. Then melt the concentrate. It is very rare to pick up rocks and have them melt able as is. The possible exception is placer nuggets.

 

[The 420 Kid]

Crush it to a fine powder and pan out the heavier material to concentrate it. Then melt the concentrate. It is very rare to pick up rocks and have them melt able as is. The possible exception is placer nuggets.

Thank you

 

[The 420 Kid]

Crush it to a fine powder and pan out the heavier material to concentrate it. Then melt the concentrate. It is very rare to pick up rocks and have them melt able as is. The possible exception is placer nuggets.

Look I really don't want to have to process this stuff I would rather give it to somebody else and give them a percentage and have them do it here's another example of what I have.

 

[Southfork]

Blurry photos.

 

[The 420 Kid]

I believe the rocks in the back of the picture the white ones are silver ore and I believe the rock in the center in the very front is copper if anyone else has a better idea of what it is please let me know.

 

[The 420 Kid]

Blurry photos.

I'll try again they look clear on my end but like I said I'll try again

 

[stella polaris]

Go to minedat.org and look for the minerals. Its very difficult to say anything if not holding the mineral in the hand.

 

[4metals]

Everybody here will tell you the same thing. They are definitely rocks. Without crushing them and having the powder assayed, that is all they will ever be to us.

This forum was created for refiners, people who process concentrates from ores but process them once they have been extracted and concentrated. You will really be better informed on a rocks and minerals geology forum than here.

We have been getting a lot of "what is this rock questions" of late and unfortunately we can rarely answer them. If only we had a member who is a true rock hound who could better answer these questions. any volunteers?

 

[The 420 Kid]

Everybody here will tell you the same thing. They are definitely rocks. Without crushing them and having the powder assayed, that is all they will ever be to us.

This forum was created for refiners, people who process concentrates from ores but process them once they have been extracted and concentrated. You will really be better informed on a rocks and minerals geology forum than here.

We have been getting a lot of "what is this rock questions" of late and unfortunately we can rarely answer them. If only we had a member who is a true rock hound who could better answer these questions. any volunteers?

So I will say this in response I have a crushed I have melted I have found placer silver I don't want to have to go through the process all I want is to get rid of it and I will give somebody a percentage of it for doing it

 

[4metals]

So I will say this in response I have a crushed I have melted I have found placer silver I don't want to have to go through the process all I want is to get rid of it and I will give somebody a percentage of it for doing it

OK you have said what you have found and offered a working relationship and hopefully you will find someone interested to work with you.

Good luck

 

[The 420 Kid]

Go to minedat.org and look for the minerals. Its very difficult to say anything if not holding the mineral in the hand.

Thank you I will

 

[The 420 Kid]

Go to minedat.org and look for the minerals. Its very difficult to say anything if not holding the mineral in the hand.

Thank you so much best site ever. Within 30 mi of location my minerals were found, there are two silver mines. Within 50 miles there are three gold mines. I'd like to say there's a high probability that I found precious metals.

 

[goldshark]

For what it is worth, there are several mines around mine, which have produced over 1 million ounces of Au, and another which produced over 250,000 Au. I still haven't found my motherlode, but I haven't explored all possibilities yet.

 

[Paul Allee]

Get you an old cement mixer, throw a bunch of the rocks in there with some heavy scrap steel pieces. Run it for a few days in the background and then get out whatever dust is rolling around in there. You can just pick out the chunks and dump the dust in a pan. Pan that down and see what you get.

 

[Martijn]

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So I found what appears to be either gold and silver slag or gold and platinum slag or a very highly concentrated concentration I was just wondering can I just go straight to melting it or do I have to crush it?

A lot of very useful info about hard rock ores can be found in this thread:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/
It explains what you need to do to find out what you have.

Martijn.

 

[The 420 Kid]

A lot of very useful info about hard rock ores can be found in this thread:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/
It explains what you need to do to find out what you have.

Martijn.

I don't know how many more times I can tell you guys I know what I have I just don't want to have to process it myself but in case you guys don't believe me I'm going to show you a picture of one of the placer pieces I found.

 

[Martijn]

I don't know how many more times I can tell you guys I know what I have I just don't want to have to process it myself but in case you guys don't believe me I'm going to show you a picture of one of the placer pieces I found.View attachment 60950

Look for mount baker mining machines and ask Jason if he can run it for you.

 

[goldshark]

So what is the element(s) in your "nugget"? It looks like a melted beer can from a fire pit. Don't forget to trim the finger nails, might put a hole in your PPE gloves.

 

[The 420 Kid]

I called them. Thx for the name though.and it's silver with gold and iron. Have you heard of Washington electrum or green gold? that's what I have.

Look for mount baker mining machines and ask Jason if he can run it for you