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  Jun 30 2010, 09:19 PM
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 Diggin' In!  Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 11-June 10 From: 38.6964, -104.7012 Member No.: 7,265  |
So I classified my concentrates down to a par above flour gold, which we have a lot of here in Colorado. I still have a fine brown talcum clay powder material that seems to be as fine or finer than flour gold. The darn stuff is sticky and I can't see squat barely when I run my desert fox or even when I hand pan. Any advice would be much appreciated and thanks to all the help with my other posts.
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Jul 2 2010, 11:46 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
You also might think along the lines of weights when researching what the "clay" material that acts like gold could really be.
Possibly a little historical research about past production from the same areas and upstream that could be possibly involved in the alluvial deposits where they were found. Then use that and specific gravity (weights) to eliminate what it's not and more likely is what would be caught in the spiral pans becuase it's a bit heavier than all the rest like gold. I would think if it's actually a clay material then it would wash off panning but maybe not in the spiral panners. CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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Jul 3 2010, 09:42 PM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 206 Joined: 19-May 10 From: Longmont, Colorado Member No.: 7,248 |
QUOTE (ColoradoProspector @ Jul 2 2010, 12:46 PM)  You also might think along the lines of weights when researching what the "clay" material that acts like gold could really be. Possibly a little historical research about past production from the same areas and upstream that could be possibly involved in the alluvial deposits where they were found. Then use that and specific gravity (weights) to eliminate what it's not and more likely is what would be caught in the spiral pans becuase it's a bit heavier than all the rest like gold. I would think if it's actually a clay material then it would wash off panning but maybe not in the spiral panners. CP That's a good idea! Thanks for the tip! I think the stuff I'm finding is localized to a specific area because when I process other cons, I don't get (as much of) this mysterious slurry in the cup. I hope to soon get a color camera for my microscope so I can post pictures of this stuff. A black and white camera doesn't do justice. I can't call this material clay, but it's the same color as rubinscubes' material (coffee with cream color, heavy on the cream). Boogie Boogie -------------------- peto metallum honestus
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rubinscube I have classified, now what about that darn clay? Jun 30 2010, 09:19 PM
Boogie QUOTE (rubinscube @ Jun 30 2010, 10:19 PM... Jun 30 2010, 10:09 PM
rubinscube QUOTE (Boogie @ Jun 30 2010, 11:09 PM) I ... Jun 30 2010, 10:43 PM Coalbunny Go to your local hardware store and buy a 5 gallon... Jul 3 2010, 02:01 AM Boogie I just discovered that you can hold an iphone up t... Jul 10 2010, 06:19 PM ColoradoProspector Hey Boogie,
I moved your picture into this thread... Jul 11 2010, 06:43 PM |
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