microscopic gold in adit

[stoyve]

Yesterday while showing some friends the inside of some adits in the GT, one of the kids found gold that was barely visible to the naked eye.
How would you process such fine gold as it is literally like powder.
Cheers Steve

 

[Hunting the yellow]

some use mercury and cyanide to chemically gather the fines in one blob then melt them all down into a gold bar

 

[stoyve]

Thanks hty,
If there's another way other than mercury I think I would prefer that.
Cheers Steve

 

[Ben78]

Keep the gold as a specimen
or
Crush the quartz and pan it off, keep the gold in a little vial

 

[Hunting the yellow]

yeah pretty much what ben said crush it up in a dolly pot and pan it then collect all the fine gold up and stick it in a bottle then melt it with a butane blow torch into a blob with borax

 

[stoyve]

Ok guys, so gold as small as wheat flour will not wash out of the pan then?

 

[Hunting the yellow]

shod stay in the pan just use some soap to break the water tentation

 

[Ben78]

Ok guys, so gold as small as wheat flour will not wash out of the pan then?

Gold will stay in the pan. Only issue is if there is heavy sulphides (pyrites) in the quartz as they can be extremely difficult to separate using non chemical means.

 

[stoyve]

Ok guys, so gold as small as wheat flour will not wash out of the pan then?

Gold will stay in the pan. Only issue is if there is heavy sulphides (pyrites) in the quartz as they can be extremely difficult to separate using non chemical means.

Thanks Ben, When I get the opportunity to go there again I will take a bucket and try out my dolly pot and pan it out.
Thanks for your help guys

 

[G0lddigg@]

hey stoyve mate if its tiny gold you should be able to break the waters surface tension and pan it no worries..,. if its mica (sometimes looks like gold) or pyrite (will contain gold) then it will roll around in the pan. using warm water helps. show us a photo next time eh if in doubt pop in and show us mate you know where i live

 

[stoyve]

hey stoyve mate if its tiny gold you should be able to break the waters surface tension and pan it no worries..,. if its mica (sometimes looks like gold) or pyrite (will contain gold) then it will roll around in the pan. using warm water helps. show us a photo next time eh if in doubt pop in and show us mate you know where i live

Cheers GOlddigga@,
When I get the chance to go back and get some samples I might give you a call
Cheers Steve