im1badpup1
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Hi everybody im new to the forum and prospecting. A quick history of myself is ive a long term interest in geology mineralogy and a practising amateur chemist over the last 20years. It doesnt mean im smart or educated though.
Anyway i was recently hunting minerals corundum and garnet and came across an alluvial blacksand deposit. Ive never panned before but took a sample home and panned with a enamel pie tin and lo behold found small and microgold
An idea of scale i put a flake on my fingernail hereView attachment 1
Theres small lead particles also present at the bottom of the pan with the gold.
Ive tested to be sure and it is indeed gold
Ive ordered a goldcube to seperate the free gold for now.
Ive been studying the other material in and around the alluvial black sand deposit and theres more of interest..
Theres a lot of sulfides. Pyrites etc. Both hydrothermal vent deposits and free ore released from vein deposits by weathering. I really could do with some direction in whats the best thing to do with these. In processing them. And the black sand concentrate. Il elaborate on this with some pictures of minerals and streaks in next post
Anyway i was recently hunting minerals corundum and garnet and came across an alluvial blacksand deposit. Ive never panned before but took a sample home and panned with a enamel pie tin and lo behold found small and microgold
An idea of scale i put a flake on my fingernail hereView attachment 1
Theres small lead particles also present at the bottom of the pan with the gold.
Ive tested to be sure and it is indeed gold
Ive ordered a goldcube to seperate the free gold for now.
Ive been studying the other material in and around the alluvial black sand deposit and theres more of interest..
Theres a lot of sulfides. Pyrites etc. Both hydrothermal vent deposits and free ore released from vein deposits by weathering. I really could do with some direction in whats the best thing to do with these. In processing them. And the black sand concentrate. Il elaborate on this with some pictures of minerals and streaks in next post