Does AR dissolve copper, iron, lead, organics? What can dissolve gold and gold alone?

[goldshark]

AR is for REFINING materials that are already in metallic form. It's awful to use with ores.

For ores, learn crushing, separation, and smelting techniques. Mount Baker Mining and Materials has TONS of highly detailed videos on those subjects and more, including many examples of known gold-bearing ores and what to look for.

Dan Hurd's channel also has a lot of info on prospecting, and he's collaborated with Jason from MBMM several times. They're the experts on prospecting and ores.

FYI, Jason and Dan are intermediates in the Gold mining world. They are a popular go to because of Youtube, but they are far from experts.

 

[andu]

I haven't seen any concise answer, no, if it dissolves gold it will dissolve everything else, and the reaction can be so vigorous it is dangerous so you must mind what you have in there before going to AR.