What Gold Ore Looks Like - Mining 101 - Gold Rush Expeditions
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At Gold Rush Expeditions we receive quite a few inquiries about what gold ore looks like on a daily basis. In response we've put together this video from our own personal ore collection. These nine samples convey a wide gamut of ore types from the desert locales of the far southwest to the high elevations of Colorado and Montana. We hope that this will help you the prospective Miner in all of your mining adventures. Good Luck, and get to finding that gold!
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Thank you for the straight talk on gold rocks.
Really enjoyed that video. It was one of the most informative videos pertaining to questions that have been haunting me since I began hunting for minerals. You can imagine how pleased we are to have Those types of rock in our piles. What I enjoyed as well was the thorough examples and explanation of its behaviour was that it was to the point. Thumbs up all around G.R.E.I.!!
One thing id like to know is how to tell the difference between the gold and pyrite in the quartz and iron ore without using special tools and chemicals
In school we were told if it flakes it's fake if it holds it's gold. Though I never found much gold in northern California as a kid at the river.
If you look at it under a microscope and it looks like blocks, then it’s pyrite.
Gold stays yellow in the shade , Micah and pyrite turns dark and black in shade...
@@Manatees_Rock it depends. sulfides tend to hide gold pretty well. almost invisible to the naked eye until you roast it. extracting it will be a different problem all by itself
How do you get the gold out of that rock?
Extremely helpful. That "UGLY!" at 5:36 will forever haunt me at night though
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Thank you, you are the first people to answer that question for me
Oh my goodness thank you! I've been collecting rocks for almost 4 years now and people always told me I'm silly blah blah they're just rocks and I'm like is they're pretty and you just blew my mind i gave soooo much of all of that!! And then some yipeeeee now I gotta see if you have videos on how to... get it out...
See things at brighter sights.God bless
THANK YOU ,! Finally a video that identifies Gold Ore .( ! PROPERLY !) You guys rock. I have a feeling I will be learning a lot from your work.Thanx again from Butte Montana/ The Richest Hill in Earth ✌️
Awesome! Thank you!
I went to an area close to gold basin and checked black metamorphic rocks (I think they're metamorphic). Found a big vein looking outcrop. But not sure if it carries gold. My metal detector won't sound on quartz vein but right next to the the vein it will sound when swinging detector passing the quartz.
Great video very informative made me realize that some of these rocks I've been hanging onto are worth hanging onto thank you
thanks for showing the different ores containing gold. I'm on a new site that nobody's ever mined other than test pits. thanks again for showing the ore. you'll get better photos if you take them at Twilight.
Thanks for sharing..happy to see the wonder of this world and its usefulness..God bless
Cracked me up and learned something. 👍 6 mins in. THAT rock is all I really see here in Oregon. Off a claimed site anyways. Recently found an approximately 30ibs rock too heavy to carry that was covered in pyrite and rust, clay and hard rock like that. Just off a trail in the right environment for gold. Gold bug kept reading it like 2 different metals, one which was a gold sound. Broke off pieces. Took home tested. .18 IN JUST MAYBE 6 ibs of crushed material. Silver, Gold flake throughout along with alot of pyrite, specs of solid copper. Hiked back up 2 days later to get the rest.....GONE. Someone left it, came back to get it or stumbled on it as I did. Made me sick. Been scouring an area of Mt. Hood National Forest since December trying to figure out where they got it from or where it came from. Where it was just didn't have what was showing in that one piece. Possible, but not exactly where it was. No trace
One , if not the best information i have come across . Very well explained . Many thanks
Thank you for your support!
Sweet video helps a lot
Amazing identification of metals and gold in various gold ore samples. Thanks for sharing.
By far the very best video for identify rock with gold
Thanks!!
All the History in that ........Thanks for the share
ty so much.. I feel like crying.. you just clarified alot of my life long suspitions.. also my significant other has made me throw alot of my rocks away or he has just thrown them away because he said that gold always is just hold and it's undeniable.. but I kept trying to tell him that it's hiding in the ugly stuff, the black stuff, also I believe that pyrite is gold, just the mineral that it grows in causes it to take on another form of gold. also everything u said about quarts and pyrite and gold run together I have experienced just that ... but he calls me crazy.. I'm so thankful for your educational and eye opening video. ty so much. now if u will excuse me I've got to go get my rocks before he throws them out ...
Awesome video super interesting but makes me claw my eyes cause iv moved on from darker ore in the field to looking for more of the shinier ores ='( and now I am going to have to go back and take a look at some of the older darker deposits I have found. Excellent video would like to see a 2nd video where maybe you do more of a slower close up of the different ores and go alittle more indepth about them and the surrounding host rock/environment they where found in.
Thanks for the suggestion! We'll keep that in mind the next time we go out and film!
Thanks for this! Now ready to visit the untapped places in the Philippines. :)
I think your video is awesome! It was very helpful and easy to understand and the best part is I have several of those heavy ugly rocks that are a lot like your examples!! Thank You so much.I guess now I will go to your website to find out how I go about extracting it from the rest of the minerals.
I just watched this video with both cell and wifi off up to 4.3 mins but did not show in my history. We Are sitting on a lot of iron though 😂 Great videos! Very helpful. Thank you!
Wow we are rich together with that kind of information
thanks for the education
I never get tired of watching this video.
very intersting an i enjoyed . geology is more than meets the eye ...
Very informative and to the point. I wish I would have taken more interest as a younger person. I guess it’s never to late
Tnx for lesson.... North Caucasus...
Great lesson
Very well done and informative video guys. Looking forward to using this as a guide on my next prospecting adventure. Maybe I'll find a beer.
Some real helpful stuff , great video dude 👌👍🤙💥⛏
Thank you for this valuable information.
This is an excellent video. I have found tons of ugly rock including iron stained and mineralized quartz along with what appears to be small spots of common opal. This spot is not far from a spot which people have found small amounts of gold and there is also an opal mine within a couple of miles. Your video has been more helpful then all the others that I have found. Thank you for making it. There is also some very iron stained shale under the quartz: does that mean anything?
Super Informative. All meat no veggies.
Your advice was very good and very right . It helped a lot . I believe yous and used your advice. My picks are being checked now it's 9:36 pm , Feb 4, 2022
Happy to help!
very interesting, I wonder if large amounts of gold containing ore is discarded in tailings .
Thanks for a VERY informative Video
Thank you
Excellent stuff🙂
Love it great info best I seen or heard yet thanks
I live in Fort Worth Texas. I have recently discovered a bunch of what I believe is iron or it's yellow there's also a bunch of different kinds of sandstones however some of them have been hardened and they look a lot like some of the first samples you showed. Would it be possible for me to email you some pictures and perhaps gain some insight into what I'm actually looking at?
We aren't geologists by any means. We look for precious metals and define those trends. Maybe hit up a local college geology department?
Hey dude
Thank you for your time and shareing the facts
Very informative. No one else that i have watched while attempting to educate the viewers has been as concise or descriptive as you. I feel more confident to go out and prospect for gold here in the great state of New York where prospecting is allowed but keeping the gold is Not. Something to do w " The Kings Law " Such BS. Sorry ! So thank you for the education.
Very helpful to me. Educate More on how to identify stones containing gold.
Beautiful video
I passed up a lot of gold as a kid lol. One time I gave a piece to my middle school math teacher and she said was blown away. I said "what, it's just a stupid rock!" And she said. "That's good ore, you're rich!"
Only rich if you can get it out of the ground and processed... otherwise its just pretty rocks! Thats the biggest impediment to mining today. Its one thing to find it, a totally different thing to turn that into cash.
Extremely Informative Video!! Thank you!
Video was helpful! Thank you.
Hi! Thanks for the video! Is there some place I can send photos to? It seems like the ore I have found has a sulphur smell, is that normal? My sample has a lot of square pirite crystals but also has gold in it but not tested. I think the host rock is DG.
Hi, We don't do assessments. But if you have rocks you think have value, you should send them in for an assay. Ray Grimmer at assayfast.com is a great resource.
one of the best explanations i've seen. thanks!
Great educational video !!! You all are genuinely blessed for all your hard work, time & talent! :) :) :) Thank you
I love this guys info, can you give me a tour of your mine? 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Julie- We have mines all over the western states, but we dont give tours. Sorry!
That video just showed me what ive been dyint to know thanks
Awesome!
I found a little piece of quartz with some golden stuff in a mine in Mexico, It looks almost identical to the one at 3:44 just smaller, nice,
Thank you this is a huge help
Very good information.thank you
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! I loved it.
Thanks for watching!
nice and quick explanation ! thx for sharring
I have so many that look like those especially the pyrite and quartz
Thanks for this good info. And education.
Ron
Why do none of you show it under 10X up to 200x
How do you get the gold out of the rocks?
Lots of ways, the most simple if you have free gold is to crush the rock to a fine powder and then run it over a table. If its sulphide, you will need a flotation system to extract after crushing.
@@goldrushmines Thanks! I will have to learn more about that.
Excellent video and thank you for sharing
Those ugly rocks,looks beautiful in eyes now :)
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for the information. I just started metal detecting an area on our property that now seems to be what was a river at some point. I find tiny pieces of rock (ONLY on a less discrimination setting) with apparent minerals in them. At sizes from 1/4 inch to 1/2 scattered everywhere. I have never tried to find minerals but I am interested now in the search. With such small sizes and no larger ones, at this point, I don't know if the search will provide much for the effort. I live in northwest Ga and know of gold mining in the neighboring Blue Ridge region. Do you have any pointers/input in my situation? Thank you both again.
Faye Yother What metal detector do you have? I can offer advice, but I need to know that.
This is an amazing video thank you guys!
That answers my Minecraft question. Thank you 😊
very well done , thank you.
Thank you, can’t wait to see what I have, I’m probably struggling for nothing 😂
nice job guys
I got into panning about a year ago, gotten samples from all over from cave creek to Casa Grande.. Haven't found a spec of gold...Until yesterday when i smashed an ugly rock from the old mine i went to and boom, a few specs of micro-fine! (Ya i know, pathetic, but it gave me hope!)
I'm in southwest Virginia and my property has an old iron ore mine on it. My land is full of rocks that are quartz crystal or calcite with iron and some pyrite. My husband and I think we have seen tiny tiny flecks of gold in some of the rock.
Has anyone here ever heard of ppl finding gold in southwest Virginia????
Gold is found in many, many places. East coast has a lot of old gold mines. Take the rocks you think have gold, crush and pan them and see what you find!
Arkansas is rich in both quartz and pyrites...but no gold...but we do have an the only alluvial diamond deposit in America
I found a little gold in arkansas
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Super Awesome Video!! Thanks!! Subscribed!!
Scared the crap outta me at 5:39 and 6:02
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Gostei muito dó seu canal é sou garimpeiro 👍
This has helped me so much ..
What about Hematite? Fine grain with rusty bumps in it 30% black grains or more?
greetings, then you say that where is pyrite can contain gold? Or do I have to dig more to find the gold? I found a pyrite beta
Crush up the pyrites and then get a good gravity read for your shaker. The pyrite will be slightly lighter than the gold.
Im a caver and Explorer, thanks for the info.😁👌🇺🇸
saw this a long time ago - finally can comment to say thanks
I love your video. Thank you so much❤❤❤
You are so welcome!
Any good videos to watch to identify gold ore in the upper peninsula of michigan?
The piece at 2:43 - how can you tell if it’s gold bearing vs just a big piece of magnetite or something ferrous? Trying to learn :)
How much gold would you expect to find in the '20 lb ugly chunk'? Enough to go through the process of getting it? Or do you need a dumptruck full to make it worth the time?
A high grade chunk from a vein like that big chunk could hold a few oz. Its a big difference in working a vein vs. getting values on a per ton basis which accounts for all of the material around it.
Can you pan gold from pyrite INFESTED rock,will it separate in the pan, or is it the same density
To pull the gold from pyrites you will need to crush to a very fine powder, then separate, this is best done with flotation, or cyanide. Short answer, you dont want to be trying to crush and pan gold from pyrite. Your recovery will be less than stellar.
so many huge quartz vains in georgian bay, lotsof pyrites but no gold anywhere
A friend of mine has a lot of samples of gold ore he is collected throughout the years and he has no place to get rid of it he is it hard up for cash at the moment and really needs to sell some of the stuff but nobody around us will buy it can you give us any advice on where to take it we live in fort Mill South Carolina
Great video
I'm in canda but I just found a old mine from 1940s the amount of pyrite we found is wild and what your saying I'm seeing so much of. How do u tell the difference between gold n pyrite?!? It was a silver mine ....
What part of the country are you guys in?(genarally)....and it would be interesting to know what oz/tn you typically get from the different specimens types shown..i know gold is where you find it,but just general ballpark on each to help us focus on the most lucrative types,overall density wise..thanks great info,love the channel.
We work all over the western states. The rocks in this video are from various sites in Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Colorado!
Awesome. And so true re the pyrite along side gold!!
Here in Washington they brought me some large black shale rock for my driveway, I picked up a fist size shale/quarts. I turned it over to look at the white quarts and there were 12 -1/4 inch gold flat sided points pointing up. I figured because they were in the shape of a pyramid that it was fools-gold.
Someone relieved me of it so I know longer have it but just was wondering if my analysis sounds right.
Sounds about right. Gold is smooth and malable and doesnt have planes or points!
Just had a few pics of some rocks that I would like to know what I have. I've been collecting rocks from out west for the 10 years that I drove truck. Where would I send the pics to to be viewed?
Pics wont get you a good assessment. You need an assay. Ray Grimmer labs (assayfast.com) or similar. Crush it, and send it off! Thats how we know what is in the rocks!
I have been throwing that away no wonder I can't find it
What does gold ore from the Great lakes region look like? Particularly lake Michigan area
Not sure on that one, never dug up any gold from that area. Lots of copper though!
great vid! thankyou
Great video very nice
Super helpful.. thanks for the rundown on the ugly rocks..lol..
Thank you
Great information, thank you for the video
Wow that you. I may know of a spot for ore mining because of your video . A place where there was was huge slide near a old mine the last rocks you showed were what the bedrock looked like black rusty with quartz in it a field maybe a thousand feet by 300 feet. But it's so unstable. And now the bridge to the area is gone. If I can figure out a way to get to it I'll let you know.