Crushed ore-microscope pictures-help please

[Dr. Poe]

Well, according to them, what you have found is just a galena deposit (lead sulfide) with a very little bit of silver and only a third of a gram of gold to a metric ton. I don't believe it. 550 pounds of lead to a metric ton. 550 pounds of raw, natural lead producing less than 2 grams of silver? Somebody goofed. The usual yield for raw lead is 1% to 20% of it's weight in silver.
Missouri gets the 20% silver from their lead. Even at the low of one percent, that's 5.5 pounds of silver per metric ton of ore. Gold comes out when the silver is refined. No, I think some smart-a.... supervisor looked at the report and in his pessimism
changed the decimal points to be safe. That he assumed some underling made a mistake in dilution. They didn't list what four acids were used and in what order they were applied. I bet even with the "Parks Process" that I could pull a lot more than this bogus report shows. I also recognized a lot more value than they even tested. Send me an e-mail and I'll send you an address to send for a free assay. Dr. Poe :x
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[thesilverfox111]

Well, according to them, what you have found is just a galena deposit (lead sulfide) with a very little bit of silver and only a third of a gram of gold to a metric ton. I don't believe it. 550 pounds of lead to a metric ton. 550 pounds of raw, natural lead producing less than 2 grams of silver? Somebody goofed. The usual yield for raw lead is 1% to 20% of it's weight in silver.
Missouri gets the 20% silver from their lead. Even at the low of one percent, that's 5.5 pounds of silver per metric ton of ore. Gold comes out when the silver is refined. No, I think some smart-a.... supervisor looked at the report and in his pessimism
changed the decimal points to be safe. That he assumed some underling made a mistake in dilution. They didn't list what four acids were used and in what order they were applied. I bet even with the "Parks Process" that I could pull a lot more than this bogus report shows. I also recognized a lot more value than they even tested. Send me an e-mail and I'll send you an address to send for a free assay. Dr. Poe :x
PS: Be sure and identify with your GRF.COM handle

Hi Dr. Poe. Thank you very much for your reply! Sample 2A-2D says up to 300 gr/ton Ag. These are the samples with the highest assay values of the Pb, Zn and Ag.
Someone else on another forum looked at the assays and said because it lists the results as >300 grm/ton for all sample 2 that the lab only tested for silver up to that amount and that if I want to assay for more specific silver results to get another assay done that is specifically targeting the Pb, Zn, and Ag elements at higher amounts.
The samples are from different veins. Some are from the same vein but different places in the veins etc. It is samples 2 that look like they have the greatest potential.

When I do the math on the samples I gave in of samples 2A to 2D with a assay result of >10% Pb that would give a result of around 200 lbs of Pb/ton (based on an average sample size of around 30 grams) So with that 200 lbs/ton Pb x 1% of lead for an Ag result would be approx 2 lbs Ag/ton, and at a higher ratio calculation: 200 lbs Pb/ton x 20% Ag would be 40 lbs Ag/ton..
So did I calculate that right based on how you would figure the Ag content on a Pb/Zinc/Ag deposit?
I can't see where you got a 550 lb Pb/ton rate based on the assay report of >10% Pb/ton..a metric ton is 2200 lbs so that x 10% would be 220 lbs pb/ton. Is that correct?
Please explain? Where did you see a result of 550 lb Pb/ton with a 2 grm/ton Ag?

Very confused..?

 

[Dr. Poe]

This is why I said 550 pounds of lead per ton. The three above it are also galena of about half as much. Dr. Poe

 

[Dr. Poe]

Oh, I get it. Their results of "above 300 grams" is their way of saying that you didn't pay up front for an accurate silver/gold report. Still, where is the report on all those platinum group metals that I spotted in your photos? Did they not assay them?
Regards; Dr. Poe :roll:

 

[thesilverfox111]

Oh, I get it. Their results of "above 300 grams" is their way of saying that you didn't pay up front for an accurate silver/gold report. Still, where is the report on all those platinum group metals that I spotted in your photos? Did they not assay them?
Regards; Dr. Poe :roll:

Hi Dr. Poe, yes I guess that's their way of doing things..I am very new to this and understanding assay's. And yes I am also pissed about the no testing for pgm's because I specifically talked with the lab rep about that and I even mentioned to him that I still want to make sure that the pgm's are tested for even though I was getting a test that was specifically for vms type of samples and he told me at that time that "yes we will test for pgm's also" So I have a beef with them over this and will have to try to work something out so I'm not paying full rates for incomplete testing with them..

I also really appreciate you offering to do an independent assay on my samples. I will think this over and see what I'm going to do. I still have some ore from each sample spot I gathered all 22 of them so let me get back to you on that ok. The area of the deposit is covered in snow until around May/June so I will again be gathering even more samples at that time.