I too appreciate your educating descriptions...you are giving us basics now whereas before I got lost as I didn't know what you were referring to. I so appreciate what you guys do for us!
I really like it when you explain what you are looking for, why and the difference in what appears to be the same rocks to most people. I’ll answer your question with a question. Would those 2 pan be cherry picked so have about as good as the deposit will have or did you try and get an average feel for the deposit? You’d also need to weigh the gold you recovered. Say you got 0.09 grams total (making a huge guess here, but it’s little chunks not flakes). You actually might have got more gold if you had the ability to powderize all of it, so I like that your sample has some room for improvement (not overselling what’s there). Uhhhhh... lol Sunday morning brain teaser... So roughly 36 five gallon pails per ton. I put 10 shovels of gravel per pail (pretty much full). A super sluice easily handles a big shovel full. So 360 shovels per ton? 0.09/2 = 0.045 per pan. 360 x 0.045 = 16.2g per ton? 1/2 oz? Does that math work out? Lol I always like trying to figure out the ounce per ton. It’s hard to visualize based on a pan. So to answer the question, it’s definitely an interesting deposit. Something that might be worth it to a small scale miner. Assuming my math checks out. Of course it depends what the gold you recovered actually weighs and I’d imagine you do a lot more samples for accuracy. If I’m way off, I’ll delete this. Lol
Not way off we have only tested a few areas. All there where between 20 and 45g/ton. If where where to get the material finer we would definitely release more fine gold. Would be worth it for small scale with no equipment onsite because of the location being fairly public. You would definitely have troubles with people helping themselves.
My opinion , getting those returns , and you have someone else crushing, keep cost low. OR, I would scale up maybe, to a hammer drill , to get at more material and upgrade your living crusher to a mechanical rock crusher. Multi thousand dollar potential if you worked all day every day for a week. Again, my opinion . Love the vids. very educational .
Placer gold, just from prospecting? If your talking deposits we have found we have found a lot of "hardrock" deposits worth way more than placer. Placer gold gotta be creeping on hundred ounces I would say between us we have actually pulled out of the ground.
Is there a way to tell if a piece is conglomerate or concrete? Obviously if the stuff is a huge boulder on the slope of a hill or if the hillside is in the middle of nowhere - it's conglomerate. But what about cobble sized pieces found in a creek, a creek that in various places has bridges. Mike
Concrete ages in water rapidly. It's longest lifespan was 100yrs. Age estimate of bridges near location. Or stay in at the holiday Inn like I did last night
Can you recommend a book on the geology of gold that has lots of color photos of different types of rocks, the meaning of them for gold geology? Also, is the geology for finding gold nuggets different than fine gold? Thanks
Excellent video guys! Been waiting to see you crush some rock and get some nice gold out of it. Would it be feasible to mine those layers of gold bearing rock and conglomerate?
Probably, it's not in the best area so wed have to do a ton of surveys, have huge reclamation bond, and lots of consults with public, All of which cost more money than we can afford right now. We would be better to sell it to a bigger company who's publicly funded.
Might try a little well water that has minerals in it ,found at my place that my well water makes mud from sediment that is conglomerates ??? Asked teacher at collage who is a geologist he said most all marine water is loaded and will make slides where you would think its solid !
Thanku.there are not many videos identifying sedimentary conglomerate & I was trying to distinguish the one I found intown is definitely that. Very odd tho to just find it on a corner of a road I thought at first could be asfolt but isn't thanky ill see what's inside
This was excellent! Having always been interested in geology, but being very new to looking for gold, there is something to learn from pretty much every one of your videos. There is very little culture for prospecting here in Norway, so information like what you guys are providing is valuable. We actually found (tiny) gold on our first try with proper pans. Thank you!
There’s lots of good channels like this one or ask jeff Williams that cover tons of stuff. I’d imagine Norway is quite different. There was a show of Americans looking for g me and found rubies in Greenland. That was cool and informative.
Oh great descriptions of that material interesting video thank you. I like the way different colors provide clues. We've got a lot of that what the old 49ers called cemented Gravel. Here in California. Did volcanoes blow a lot of those gravels up in the air in the pliocene era?
I'm heading out now to check out a spot. This new spot is slate/shist with limestone intrusion. I found pyrite there and some ultra mafik rocks. I also seen what looked like Malachite or olivine Malachite or Olivine. I should had took that piece so I could looked at it better. I been mapping for a few years. I'm hoping this new spot is worthy! It's slim Pickens in my neck of the woods. Great Video!🏆🏆🏆
I know this comment is pretty late on your video but what would you estimate your findings to be worth with that gold just so I can have a general idea? Also great video love your descriptions thank you!
I want some of that rock or conglomerate conglomerate.... Tell me what I got to do... This Iowa boy will never be able to come across something like that. Great video
Look for dirty, nasty, yellowish red rusty looking rock that is crumbling. Not sure what kind of rocks are in Iowa. Use USGS maps to see if there was gold mining somewhere is your best bet. Then check the description for what rock type was hosting the gold and try to learn to identify it.
Thanks for the good teaching lesson its super interesting when u describe why its like that. I cant walk down a gravel road or on a claim without trying to guess what type of material im looking at ha ha. Thanks boys.
I was Hunting Gray Squirrel's up on the Merced River in Mariposa CA. Around about a posted Gold Mine. I gave a chuckle and thought to myself I'LL trade all the gold in That mine . For a couple of Squirrels . No sooner did I Think it. Then A Gold Lazer Shown up from the ground to my eye . I was temporarily blinded which made me discharged that Shot Gun That knocked over a wire that fell on the mine and burn the whole mine down . No . That's a little Artistic license . While in fact I did find a piece of quartz with a speck of gold in it . I didn't get any squirrel's . For all you Tin Pans out there . All the Gold In California is in the River's Thay are put there by US DF&G . Believe Me. Trout are much taster then Gray Squirrel. Good Hunting All .
On occasion, to mine in BC even a small amount is expensive with consulting, permits, equipment unless you can have a bigger mine small scale extraction by hand is the most cost effective, we only do this on occasion as we are an exploration stage company we make way more optioning or selling properties to bigger companies and juniors.
@@911mining Interesting...so you get to enjoy nature, practice your craft, take no real material risk and sell off claims you find. Kind of selling the picks and shovels instead of mining the stuff. Smart
Hey. You got an intro! Nice! I think that means I am on the right track...and i think my back is going to hate me way more than it does for crushing rocks by hand.
So what now? Is it worth mining? - Or maybe getting a motorized crusher and "highbanking"? Or saying "That's interesting!" and go looking for easier gold?
They call it oxidation, it’s rust. Are people afraid of pointing out that rust occurs in straight lines in/on rocks because of the implication? Like if you point out that it’s rust, you’ll have to realize someone put it there
I want buy some rock which is lots of gold in this . You can Sand me ? I am a best fan of you . I saw your all video's on whatsapp. Plese sand me if you can Sand .
I too appreciate your educating descriptions...you are giving us basics now whereas before I got lost as I didn't know what you were referring to. I so appreciate what you guys do for us!
I really like it when you explain what you are looking for, why and the difference in what appears to be the same rocks to most people.
I’ll answer your question with a question. Would those 2 pan be cherry picked so have about as good as the deposit will have or did you try and get an average feel for the deposit?
You’d also need to weigh the gold you recovered. Say you got 0.09 grams total (making a huge guess here, but it’s little chunks not flakes). You actually might have got more gold if you had the ability to powderize all of it, so I like that your sample has some room for improvement (not overselling what’s there).
Uhhhhh... lol Sunday morning brain teaser... So roughly 36 five gallon pails per ton. I put 10 shovels of gravel per pail (pretty much full). A super sluice easily handles a big shovel full. So 360 shovels per ton? 0.09/2 = 0.045 per pan. 360 x 0.045 = 16.2g per ton? 1/2 oz? Does that math work out? Lol I always like trying to figure out the ounce per ton. It’s hard to visualize based on a pan.
So to answer the question, it’s definitely an interesting deposit. Something that might be worth it to a small scale miner. Assuming my math checks out. Of course it depends what the gold you recovered actually weighs and I’d imagine you do a lot more samples for accuracy.
If I’m way off, I’ll delete this. Lol
Not way off we have only tested a few areas. All there where between 20 and 45g/ton. If where where to get the material finer we would definitely release more fine gold. Would be worth it for small scale with no equipment onsite because of the location being fairly public. You would definitely have troubles with people helping themselves.
Awesome!! Love your channel. No fluff. All business. And I always learn something
So the rock doesn't need mineralisation to form gold? Oxidation forms it too? Still learning here.
Awesome video, I watch most and this one you guys went into the rock description a bit more which I really liked. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻🤘🏻
Love your videos!! You are such an effective teacher. THANK YOU or taking us along on your excursions.
Are all oxidized rocks worth crushing/panning?
Which one is better panning or aqua regia?
Always wondered about au in conglomerates but now I know! Thanks Fellas 👍👍👍
this is not bad,i need rock crusher to successfuly find a decent amount of gold,right?
My opinion , getting those returns , and you have someone else crushing, keep cost low. OR, I would scale up maybe, to a hammer drill , to get at more material and upgrade your living crusher to a mechanical rock crusher. Multi thousand dollar potential if you worked all day every day for a week. Again, my opinion . Love the vids. very educational .
Absolutly my new favorite chanel. From Sweden.
Is breccia and clasts the same thing?
No. A clast is the parts inside the matrix breccia is the clast and matrix together.
how about crushing the larger sulfide rocks that rests on top of the classifier pan to see what gold lurks within ?
Any of the gold is in the matrix of sand, mineral, the larger rounder rocks are mineralized but with iron, silver and low values of gold.
What is the #1 thing to look for that's a good indicator for gold?
Gold more often than not runs with iron rather than a lone element, look for oxidized outcrops/rock.
@@911mining Thank you very much, I am learning alot from your content.
Easy enough to crush. Maybe a small "roller-type" mill, then highbanker to separate?
Yes it's fairly brittle and wouldn't take a lot to crush the matrix material. Trouble is location of the deposit....its fairly public.
Can you crush and separate off site? Maybe bring a bobcat and load a trailer or two then bring the tailings back?
Wherever there is conglomerate iron oxide, would there be some gold?
Great practical video for the everyday Joe !
Subscribed first time watching. Good stuff!
Is there a good amount of gold in this type of rock?
Nice pan you got there was not expecting all the colors
How much gold have you found in all searchings? Just curious.
Placer gold, just from prospecting? If your talking deposits we have found we have found a lot of "hardrock" deposits worth way more than placer.
Placer gold gotta be creeping on hundred ounces I would say between us we have actually pulled out of the ground.
Is there a way to tell if a piece is conglomerate or concrete?
Obviously if the stuff is a huge boulder on the slope of a hill or if the hillside is in the middle of nowhere - it's conglomerate. But what about cobble sized pieces found in a creek, a creek that in various places has bridges.
Mike
Concrete ages in water rapidly. It's longest lifespan was 100yrs. Age estimate of bridges near location. Or stay in at the holiday Inn like I did last night
Can you recommend a book on the geology of gold that has lots of color photos of different types of rocks, the meaning of them for gold geology? Also, is the geology for finding gold nuggets different than fine gold? Thanks
As a placer miner, that rivals my best areas for the amount/size of color per yard. Nice find.
Excellent video guys! Been waiting to see you crush some rock and get some nice gold out of it. Would it be feasible to mine those layers of gold bearing rock and conglomerate?
Probably, it's not in the best area so wed have to do a ton of surveys, have huge reclamation bond, and lots of consults with public, All of which cost more money than we can afford right now. We would be better to sell it to a bigger company who's publicly funded.
I have a yellow colored lock which I found in the garden what could it be?
Might try a little well water that has minerals in it ,found at my place that my well water makes mud from sediment that is conglomerates ??? Asked teacher at collage who is a geologist he said most all marine water is loaded and will make slides where you would think its solid !
Did you make that rock crusher?
No it was a purchase we made about 7 years ago, which we found in our shop decently, I think it was a Amazon or ebay purchase...
@@911mining Thanks, i'll look into it.
Thanku.there are not many videos identifying sedimentary conglomerate & I was trying to distinguish the one I found intown is definitely that. Very odd tho to just find it on a corner of a road I thought at first could be asfolt but isn't thanky ill see what's inside
Would roasting this kind of material first give you more gold?
This was excellent! Having always been interested in geology, but being very new to looking for gold, there is something to learn from pretty much every one of your videos. There is very little culture for prospecting here in Norway, so information like what you guys are providing is valuable. We actually found (tiny) gold on our first try with proper pans. Thank you!
There’s lots of good channels like this one or ask jeff Williams that cover tons of stuff. I’d imagine Norway is quite different. There was a show of Americans looking for g me and found rubies in Greenland. That was cool and informative.
Q1q wow
Are you exploring for sulfides or for gold? Your focus seems to be more on sulfides. Are massive sulphide deposits nearby?
Where in Maine was this at least county if not town???????
British Columbia lol Canada
BC
North Idaho. Lol
Fantastic adventure awesome knowledge again sweet crushed up nice not like material I have seen crushed awesome as always thank u guys again be safe
There"s gold in there hills... I've been on Dartmoor, and had a look and found a few bits and pieces
What of rock? Ha ha
Oh great descriptions of that material interesting video thank you. I like the way different colors provide clues. We've got a lot of that what the old 49ers called cemented Gravel. Here in California. Did volcanoes blow a lot of those gravels up in the air in the pliocene era?
Thank you for finally showing some gold
Nice pans! Thank you guys!
I'm heading out now to check out a spot. This new spot is slate/shist with limestone intrusion. I found pyrite there and some ultra mafik rocks. I also seen what looked like Malachite or olivine Malachite or Olivine. I should had took that piece so I could looked at it better. I been mapping for a few years. I'm hoping this new spot is worthy! It's slim Pickens in my neck of the woods. Great Video!🏆🏆🏆
I just found some of like on UR rocks just yesterday in my state all that black clay was so shiny😊
I really appreciated the rock explanation, thanks.
It seems like the yellow sand you've washed off questioning you as it sits at the bottom of the creek. Shouldn't that sand contain any immature gold?
Nice pans. Great video. THANKS
Very Good, we don't have a great deal of Gold in the UK, but definitely there is some.
I know this comment is pretty late on your video but what would you estimate your findings to be worth with that gold just so I can have a general idea? Also great video love your descriptions thank you!
That was great seeing you recover the free mill gold. Did you estimate grams per ton?
I found a red chunk if this intown wierd right?
I'm in/from North !daho, this & decomposing granate is the only thing we have. 😊
All that gold left on road side cuts is amazing. Makes you wonder
In our village , 3 types of rocks are
1. Red rocks
2. Black rocks
3. White rocks
But we don't how to identify minerals from there
perfect video , i learn lot from this video thank u . bother good job.
Just watched so cool what state you live in I’m in Alaska really good gold I’ll be looking for stuff like that hear in AK
great information and instructive video!
Cool rock mix
I want some of that rock or conglomerate conglomerate.... Tell me what I got to do... This Iowa boy will never be able to come across something like that. Great video
Look for dirty, nasty, yellowish red rusty looking rock that is crumbling. Not sure what kind of rocks are in Iowa. Use USGS maps to see if there was gold mining somewhere is your best bet. Then check the description for what rock type was hosting the gold and try to learn to identify it.
Thanks for the good teaching lesson its super interesting when u describe why its like that.
I cant walk down a gravel road or on a claim without trying to guess what type of material im looking at ha ha. Thanks boys.
I was Hunting Gray Squirrel's up on the Merced River in Mariposa CA. Around about a posted Gold Mine. I gave a chuckle and thought to myself I'LL trade all the gold in
That mine . For a couple of Squirrels .
No sooner did I Think it. Then A Gold Lazer Shown up from the ground to my eye .
I was temporarily blinded which made me discharged that Shot Gun That knocked over a wire that fell on the mine and burn the whole mine down .
No . That's a little Artistic license . While in fact I did find a piece of quartz with a speck of gold in it . I didn't get any squirrel's . For all you Tin Pans out there . All the Gold In California is in the River's Thay are put there by US DF&G .
Believe Me. Trout are much taster then Gray Squirrel. Good Hunting All .
Very good...
I know you've been doing this for a while but with all the material you're putting in your pan your washing out a lot of the gold
Yeah I was thinking about that also
Good looking pans
Great find
Nice find.
Looks like you need a bigger crusher and to run a lot more. I have learned a lot from watching your videos
Great deposit
Informative video. I like when things are explained like this. (c:}
Nice deposit. I'd pan it for you guys fir 30% of the finds. 👍🙂
Educational
Great vid as you found the source and “HOW TO DYI”
Very interesting
Cool congrats.
Awesome
All this geology and prospecting is very interesting but do you ever do any actual mining?
On occasion, to mine in BC even a small amount is expensive with consulting, permits, equipment unless you can have a bigger mine small scale extraction by hand is the most cost effective, we only do this on occasion as we are an exploration stage company we make way more optioning or selling properties to bigger companies and juniors.
@@911mining Interesting...so you get to enjoy nature, practice your craft, take no real material risk and sell off claims you find. Kind of selling the picks and shovels instead of mining the stuff. Smart
Hey. You got an intro! Nice!
I think that means I am on the right track...and i think my back is going to hate me way more than it does for crushing rocks by hand.
So what now? Is it worth mining? - Or maybe getting a motorized crusher and "highbanking"? Or saying "That's interesting!" and go looking for easier gold?
They call it oxidation, it’s rust. Are people afraid of pointing out that rust occurs in straight lines in/on rocks because of the implication? Like if you point out that it’s rust, you’ll have to realize someone put it there
That's great.have a look at all the gold in my pan on my new video.there's about 70 nice sized colours.👌👍
if you treat your discarded sulfides, as if you're only looking for silver, you will get the same amount of gold.
I'd have to run the hell out of that material.
Traveled a distance and beaten up over time. Sounds like my life story.
Panning micron gold like you're doing, you just lost most of it.The micron gold is now down stream.
Looks like you hit the mother lode ! Can a guy purchase 20 or 30 US dollars worth ?
have you tried with chemical, i ment aqua regia because you are throwing out a lot
Probably it's more of an educational video explaining geology and, not about refining.
You could be wrong it's more like this earth is at least a billion years old.
OXIDATION! Nice job though.
Should add some some TNT i like videos that blow shit up
Breccia is textural term AND composition .....you reading more into what Breccia is ...that is conglomerate and your talking in circles bro
Totoo ba yan
Too many adds
I want buy some rock which is lots of gold in this . You can Sand me ? I am a best fan of you . I saw your all video's on whatsapp. Plese sand me if you can Sand .