Placer Paul
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I was finally was able to get the blue clay assayed. Wondering if you guys can look them over and let me know if you think there's anything interesting in these results and if the clay is worth anything for refining? The deposit is very easy for me to get to with my excavators as I'm digging the gravels off above and below it anyways to process for the placer gold.
The clay comes off in nice compact chunks from 6" to 3 feet thick in areas. Lays down like a sheet. Some local geologists figure it may have been the bottom of the old glacial lake beds that formed when the glaciers moving through formed ice dams causing water ways to build up in those areas. There is almost no rock in it at all. Very fine grained. I have been stock piling it so far separate from the gravels just in case there's something I can do with it.
Also curious if you guys might be able to tell what elements in this assay might be giving it the blue color it has.
The clay comes off in nice compact chunks from 6" to 3 feet thick in areas. Lays down like a sheet. Some local geologists figure it may have been the bottom of the old glacial lake beds that formed when the glaciers moving through formed ice dams causing water ways to build up in those areas. There is almost no rock in it at all. Very fine grained. I have been stock piling it so far separate from the gravels just in case there's something I can do with it.
Also curious if you guys might be able to tell what elements in this assay might be giving it the blue color it has.
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