monovalent gold

[Justincase]

Hmm looks a bit like these old milk separators.
We have one of these in my fathers old house, hand driven though.

A 30-inch Knelson Concentrator spins at 400 RPM · creating the effect of 60 times the forces of gravity. Not sure how long you could drive your old milk separator by hand at that speed or if it would be balanced well enough not to spray itself over a wide aria while you did it.LOL

 

[Yggdrasil]

A 30-inch Knelson Concentrator spins at 400 RPM · creating the effect of 60 times the forces of gravity. Not sure how long you could drive your old milk separator by hand at that speed or if it would be balanced well enough not to spray itself over a wide aria while you did it.LOL

I said it looked like, not that it compares.

 

[4metals]

I said it looked like, not that it compares.

The concept is identical for algae, milk or hydroxides or whatever else can be separated by spinning. The real question is will it work on nano gold particles.

 

[Yggdrasil]

The concept is identical for algae, milk or hydroxides or whatever else can be separated by spinning. The real question is will it work on nano gold particles.

Yes I know.
It works on anything within a liqid (or even loose powders) which have differing densities.

My reply was intended for Justinchase.

 

[Yggdrasil]

I'll refrain from furter comments in this direction.
The thread lost its trajectory so it would be nice to see it pointing more in the intended direction again.

 

[Barstool miner]

We coated a Copper sheet with Mercury, to recover amalgam from ball milled placer concentrates. Water running over the copper/amalgam sheet would start to get a gold colored sheen on it, before any cons were run over it. This was discussed in another thread somewhere on this site. Since I wasn't in control of the operation, I wasn't able to definitively determine if the Mercury was collecting the micro Au in water suspension. I believe it to be very plausible though. If I had to put a number to Au below the 300 mesh range, I would put that at around 90% of the Au in the world falls into that size particle.

Thank you for your input, Goldshark. I once read an article in the ICMJ about large amounts of gold microns that can be found in specific rocks, but they did not show up in a metal detector. So, the theory of massive quantities of Invisible gold abounds on Earth. " I believe in Magic "

 

[Yggdrasil]

Thank you for your input, Goldshark. I once read an article in the ICMJ about large amounts of gold microns that can be found in specific rocks, but they did not show up in a metal detector. So, the theory of massive quantities of Invisible gold abounds on Earth. " I believe in Magic "

They will not show in a metal detector but if you have any assay it will be there.
For a metal detector to work there need to be enough metal in a given area.
So evenly dispersed metallic powders will not give good results.
Or the sensitivity is set to overlook it if net they will go off everywhere.

 

[4metals]

If the gold is in the PPM range, single digits PPM, even a fire assay may miss it. And if the gold is nanoparticles and as widespread as implied in this thread, finding an area where it has been naturally concentrated may be nigh on impossible. If it doesn't settle, it isn't dropping out as placer unless the water dries up. So it can spread far and wide and be quite low in concentration.

Fortunately I'm spoiled, I have always worked with recycling gold from manufactured goods be it jewelry, machinery, or e-scrap. No nano gold in my beakers!

 

[Yggdrasil]

If the gold is in the PPM range, single digits PPM, even a fire assay may miss it. And if the gold is nanoparticles and as widespread as implied in this thread, finding an area where it has been naturally concentrated may be nigh on impossible. If it doesn't settle, it isn't dropping out as placer unless the water dries up. So it can spread far and wide and be quite low in concentration.

Fortunately I'm spoiled, I have always worked with recycling gold from manufactured goods be it jewelry, machinery, or e-scrap. No nano gold in my beakers!

Most of the worlds rocks are like that, they will have Gold in them, but in recoverable form or concentrations.
As such they are not considered ore.
Anyway there may be considerable amount of metal in a rock and it will not trigger a metal detector if it is finely dispersed.
I believe that it can be in assay able amounts and still foil a metal detector.

 

[Martijn]

I meant monovalent gold Au(|)
After I dissolved the soil in hydrochloric acid and heated it, the color of the soil changed, that is, all the elements of the soil entered the solution.
And another question is, why did the soil turn green? Is it copper? The color of the soil before I heated it in hydrochloric acid was violet-purple

This proves you have no gold in solution. And if as you say all the elements dissolved, you have proven you have no gold in your soil.

 

[goldshark]

If the gold is in the PPM range, single digits PPM, even a fire assay may miss it. And if the gold is nanoparticles and as widespread as implied in this thread, finding an area where it has been naturally concentrated may be nigh on impossible. If it doesn't settle, it isn't dropping out as placer unless the water dries up. So it can spread far and wide and be quite low in concentration.

Fortunately I'm spoiled, I have always worked with recycling gold from manufactured goods be it jewelry, machinery, or e-scrap. No nano gold in my beakers!

I just wanted to clarify the conditions in which the Mercury coated Copper plate was used. The water was from a several acre feet recirculated wash water pond. This water was used to wash around 400 cubic yards an hour, 8 hours a day. Out of this 3200 cu/yds per day, came 20 to 70 Troy ounces per day of sluice box catchable size Gold. The sluice boxes were of a very good design and quality. The water was allowed to settle for a couple hours, then used for cleaning the cons from the days run, over a reciprocating table. The #2 cons would then be ball milled with Mercury, then fed over the Mercury table. We noticed the Gold sheen forming prior to running the #2 cons, with the Copper plate being cleaned VERY well each day.