Placer Paul
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I'm a placer gold miner in the Cariboo of BC Canada. I have a very blue clay layer that I would like to have assayed for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
I've had other ores assayed by labs before but I'm unclear if clay is in a different category for assaying? Do I need to ask for a specific type of assay to be done in order to get accurate results for all the precious metals?
Another sort of related question is about my back sands. I've had my black sands concentrates assayed for gold. But If I get them assayed for all the other precious metals is there also a specific assay test I should ask for with regards to the black sands for other precious metals? Seems to me there are 1000 different assay types listed in the pamphlets they gave me and I'm no geologist to figure out which test I should ask for.
If there is a particular lab you guys would recommend in Canada that comes highly recommended please advise me as such. I have used Acme and Met Solve in the past here in BC.
Or if anyone here would like to do the assays I could also do that too. Someone in Canada may be best if there are issues mailing ore over the border. But if not I'd be happy to mail samples to the USA also.
I've had other ores assayed by labs before but I'm unclear if clay is in a different category for assaying? Do I need to ask for a specific type of assay to be done in order to get accurate results for all the precious metals?
Another sort of related question is about my back sands. I've had my black sands concentrates assayed for gold. But If I get them assayed for all the other precious metals is there also a specific assay test I should ask for with regards to the black sands for other precious metals? Seems to me there are 1000 different assay types listed in the pamphlets they gave me and I'm no geologist to figure out which test I should ask for.
If there is a particular lab you guys would recommend in Canada that comes highly recommended please advise me as such. I have used Acme and Met Solve in the past here in BC.
Or if anyone here would like to do the assays I could also do that too. Someone in Canada may be best if there are issues mailing ore over the border. But if not I'd be happy to mail samples to the USA also.