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Post by washingtonrocks on Sept 18, 2014 16:23:53 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Sept 18, 2014 16:28:33 GMT -5
ah come on! your making this rare rock hounding stuff too easy
now your finding gold? Geez!
really incredible dude! who cares what the matrix is that thar be GOLD !
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Post by mohs on Sept 18, 2014 16:31:57 GMT -5
I'd pan your slurry after cutting that if you find more won't take much you'll be a rich man
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Post by mohs on Sept 18, 2014 16:37:46 GMT -5
10lbs? that rock is going assay high I'm not sure what your doing posting on RTH for but glad you did but you need to go out & find that source of Gold!
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Post by washingtonrocks on Sept 18, 2014 16:40:53 GMT -5
Good tip about the slurry, mr.mohs. Yeah, I really don't know what to do or where to go with this stuff frankly. Seems too good to be true. I'm sitting on quite a few rocks similar to this, and well, with the exception of a few cabs and a pendant I've been in the process of making, they're just sitting there.
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Post by mohs on Sept 18, 2014 16:41:37 GMT -5
if you find more I want to be first in line to buy a slab seriously
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Post by washingtonrocks on Sept 18, 2014 16:43:51 GMT -5
10lbs? that rock is going assay high I'm not sure what your doing posting on RTH for but glad you did but you need to go out & find that source of Gold! I know! I'm finding these in a neighborhood creek! I've panned quite a bit of gold out of it so far...What I'm not sure is if I should crush this stuff for the gold content only, or market this stuff as 'jade with gold' or some such thing and sell/work with it as is.
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Post by washingtonrocks on Sept 18, 2014 16:45:51 GMT -5
if you find more I want to be first in line to buy a slab seriously Ok! If I did sell this stuff I don't have the faintest idea as to what I would even charge! I need to nail this stuff down.
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Post by mohs on Sept 18, 2014 16:54:59 GMT -5
10lbs? that rock is going assay high I'm not sure what your doing posting on RTH for but glad you did but you need to go out & find that source of Gold! I know! I'm finding these in a neighborhood creek! I've panned quite a bit of gold out of it so far...What I'm not sure is if I should crush this stuff for the gold content only, or market this stuff as 'jade with gold' or some such thing and sell/work with it as is. well if you find more it'll be worth its weight in gold those slab as is probably beyond my price range but if you find the mother lode then remember your old pal mr. mohs 'I'll make a heart of gold
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Post by mohs on Sept 18, 2014 17:01:10 GMT -5
really good luck in your endeavors to my way of thinking this is the best find I ever saw really incredibly remarkable ! I'd quit the day job I'll leave right now and help you search
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bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 18, 2014 20:06:31 GMT -5
Great work and I love your updates. Hope you find a way to turn some of those into gold coins. What a dream!
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 18, 2014 22:11:41 GMT -5
That is a pretty one,isn't it....Thumbs up
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 11:28:33 GMT -5
if you find more I want to be first in line to buy a slab seriously Ok! If I did sell this stuff I don't have the faintest idea as to what I would even charge! I need to nail this stuff down. If it is 3.5 oz per ton you have 0.05 grams of gold per pound. The gold doesn't effect the lapidary value. If you can get lapidary value for the stones, you are way ahead. Even at 10X that value. 35 oz per ton is only 0.5 grams per pound of stone. You should be able to get double that in lapidary value.
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leadbelly713
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Post by leadbelly713 on Sept 19, 2014 12:01:05 GMT -5
First thing to do is have a fire assay done on your samples, take a few fragments from each of your specimens until you have a few ounces of material total, do not send one chunk from your best looking sample or you will get an inflated assay report that doesn't actually represent the material as a whole, then you will know wether to slab it or mine it. I use Cristopherson assayers in Kellog Idaho (208) 784-1233 it runs about $25.00 for a combination gold & silver fire assay. But like shotgunner said it would have to be extremely high grade for the gold to be worth more than the rock itself. Good luck.
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Post by washingtonrocks on Sept 19, 2014 12:16:35 GMT -5
really good luck in your endeavors to my way of thinking this is the best find I ever saw really incredibly remarkable ! I'd quit the day job I'll leave right now and help you search Well, what are ya waitin' for?! Times a wastin' and I need help digging! Thanks for the encouragement, mr.mohs.
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Post by washingtonrocks on Sept 19, 2014 12:22:11 GMT -5
bcrockhound, thank you kind sir. @shotgunner & leadbelly713, Now THAT'S the information I've been waiting for. So, unless I have some high grade ore that's worth the trouble of refining, you guys think a lapidary application might make more sense? Seems logical to me. I've had a few pieces of other specimens assayed a while back and the highest number was 400's ppm. That seems pretty high to me and that was a specimen with a lot less visible gold. Thanks for your input everybody. I'll keep ya updated!
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Post by mohs on Sept 19, 2014 12:40:34 GMT -5
I'm pretty serious your find is incredible unfortunately my digging days are over but if it starts gleaming gold I'm sure I sill have a few more shovelfuls in me the other unfortunate thing is that I'm not a rock hound, particularly got started to late in the hobby to get into that part of the hobby wholeheartedly I'm sure you'd have a line of strong healthy rock hounds just begging to help what's your name? best Ed
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leadbelly713
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Post by leadbelly713 on Sept 19, 2014 12:43:05 GMT -5
400 ppm is a good number considering 35 ppm equals one ounce per ton. What you can get per ounce from the refinery depends on the fineness of the gold, your numbers show about 11 1/2 ounces to the ton and I think that gold sells a lot faster than rock, so you might have to do some more contemplating on the matter.
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Post by mohs on Sept 19, 2014 12:45:10 GMT -5
I don't know much about gold and pictures can be deceiving but those cuts look like a healthy amount
is your icon picture of the same material?
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Post by mohs on Sept 19, 2014 12:52:57 GMT -5
you guys tell me if I'm crazy but as far as lapidary material goes and for what I'm seeing a 2 x 2 x 1/4 inch slab of that material I'd price at 200 bucks a slab and that's just looking at the picture
too high? too low?
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