boulder dash Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Many times in the past I have heard people ask.. Are there any undiscovered lode gold vains still out there? How did they find them. A week ago or so I was doing some samples at a nearby prospect that showed decent free gold when crushed. This area the gold bearing vains are a oxidized red feldspar of which the redder the better. Was walking around on the flats and noticed some very red small feldspar bits of float. Following them up the very small incline the float become larger until I look down and see the exposed red you can see in the pictures. I grabbed a few pounds and crushed them. A small pan of crushed material resulted in about 100+ small bright pieces free gold that lit up the pan. Went back a few days later and exposed the outcrop. Outcrop is approximately 5ft + 2ft in a tear drop shape. From the photo you can see that the deeper I went the larger the vain was becoming. Took a 250lb sample and crushed and concentrated and from the photo you can see my results. Total in pan is .5 grams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahorton10 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Way to go bd! Looks like one heck of a find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilishjim Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 That looks very nice. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakview2 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Nice detective work uncovers high grade ore. It just doesn't get any better. By my calcs you are around 1.5 ounces per ton. Who knows what is below. Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Awesome thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Time to start hauling in the timber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Good knowledge and great eyesight. Standing by for "the rest of the story". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Whooh...WTG on finding that. I probably would have just walked over it :O Looks like many days of digging ahead of youGL To ya.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilishjim Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Nice detective work uncovers high grade ore. It just doesn't get any better. By my calcs you are around 1.5 ounces per ton. Who knows what is below. Best of luckOakview how are you calculating ? by my calculations250 lbs = .5 gram2000 lbs = 4 gram although your calcs sound fantastic I would still be jumping for joy at 4gram per ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver hillbille Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) I have no idea of the relevance of the following AZ Bureau of Minesbulletin to the discussion at hand. But it deals with ores, and feldspar and Arizona( and gold) and is where I ended up after searching -red feldspar carries gold arizona--------"Gold and copper deposits near Payson, Arizona - The ...www.azgs.az.gov/.../gold_bull120_ocr.pdf Arizona Geological Survey Golden Wonder Mine. . 40 ..... conglomerate, and then by alternating gray and bandedred-brown quartz- ite. ...... often carries flakes of free gold. This is one of ..." Edited January 8, 2015 by weaver hillbille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Yes from my one sample it runs at 4 grams to ton. If i ground it down finer im sure another 10%-20% could be added to the 4 grams. Might be able to get it as high as 6 grams. Was very exciting to find such a large undiscovered outcrop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Don't be vain about your gold vein! When you research and file look for the right term.Look at these veins.https://www.google.com/search?q=gold+vein&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS366US367&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IgCvVNmrK4jeoATjgoLIBw&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=671&dpr=1.25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Awesome prospecting BD and great results!! You may want to make a few cabochons for a keepsake, especially if you think you would be able to see some of the free milling gold in them, below is photo of a necklace made of red Feldspar to give you some idea of what the cabochons might look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wiseman Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 From the 1870's-1920's the price of gold being perhaps $ 18-$ 20 an ounce that was low grade ore.So if the vein was sampled it might have been just left there.Of course any gold in a quartz vein is worth further sampling.One never knows when you break into a ore shoot or enrichment....Good find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) That's hella cool man , Nice discovery !! You don't stand around talking about it , you make it happen! Edited January 9, 2015 by adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-2 Charlie Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 BD you really know your stuff . Are you going to dig a 8×8 hole down 4 feet and check with GB2 or MD -20 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliche Chris Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Very cool, the thought of finding a nice vein like this is so exciting to me. Awesome to see pics of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) So when are you going to invite me up? I'm a pretty good brow wiper... Congrat's!!!! Edited January 9, 2015 by Rimshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That's pretty cool, feldspar and gold, I never knew that. Looks like you need a jaw crusher and hammer impact mill. Thanks for sharing and great pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primalspirit Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That's awesomely amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakview2 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Oakview how are you calculating ? by my calculations 250 lbs = .5 gram 2000 lbs = 4 gram although your calcs sound fantastic I would still be jumping for joy at 4gram per ton Oakview how are you calculating ? by my calculati He said there was 5grams in 250lbs, 2000 diveded by 250= 8 X 5grams equals 40 grams, In my haste it would be 1 1/4 ounce per ton. Did I misunderstand the origianl harvest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Many times in the past I have heard people ask.. Are there any undiscovered lode gold vains still out there? How did they find them. A week ago or so I was doing some samples at a nearby prospect that showed decent free gold when crushed. This area the gold bearing vains are a oxidized red feldspar of which the redder the better. Was walking around on the flats and noticed some very red small feldspar bits of float. Following them up the very small incline the float become larger until I look down and see the exposed red you can see in the pictures. I grabbed a few pounds and crushed them. A small pan of crushed material resulted in about 100+ small bright pieces free gold that lit up the pan. Went back a few days later and exposed the outcrop. Outcrop is approximately 5ft + 2ft in a tear drop shape. From the photo you can see that the deeper I went the larger the vain was becoming. Took a 250lb sample and crushed and concentrated and from the photo you can see my results. Total in pan is .5 grams.Oakview how are you calculating ? by my calculatiHe said there was 5grams in 250lbs, 2000 diveded by 250= 8 X 5grams equals 40 grams, In my haste it would be 1 1/4 ounce per ton. Did I misunderstand the origianl harvest.Oakview, BD wrote that he got .5 grams from 250 lbs (point 5 grams)= 1/2 gram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Wade ,....... You da man !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I am in total awe of you. You are living the dream. 4 grams per ton is what I read the old timers were finding around out the Wickenburg area at the turn of the twentieth century. Not the rich hill type mine, but the type of material the old timers and depression area miners were working to scape a living off. The guy who built the darn on the San Domingo wash claimed the dirt he was working was worth that from the surface to the bedrock. Keep it up. Looking for some more motivational stories. It helps those of us who can’t make it out as much as we’d like make it through the day. I hope to meet some of you at one of the outings once I get back to AZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The gold looks nice and 4 grams/ton is great for a large op but for a "hand" op, you would work yourself to death. By the time you pick and shovel a ton, haul it, crush it, screen it, pan or table it, you are working for about min. wage. I've got a couple veins that run close to 2 ounces to a ton. 800 feet from the road so too much work to haul it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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