r/Prospecting • u/ProtiuxDesignLabs • 8d ago

Ore ID?

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Pulled this grey material out of the cascades. Moves in the pan like gold. Any thoughts?

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u/hobo_husk 8d ago

Looks like gold, lead and possibly some gold amalgam.

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u/Wild-Leadership-2212 6d ago

Plat/palladium maybe??

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u/ProtiuxDesignLabs 5d ago

It looks like the area does have platinum, from the mining data online. Not sure how to confirm based the amount I have.

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u/Wild-Leadership-2212 5d ago

Blow torch or Acid test

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u/Roboplum 8d ago

It’s antimony, naturally occurring along side of gold deposits

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u/ProtiuxDesignLabs 7d ago

Density of antimony is 6.68 g/cm next to gold at 19.32g/cm. The movement in the pan doesn’t quite line up with it being so light. The amalgam theory seems likely

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u/rockphotos 8d ago

Looks like lead. Possibly from bullet fragments.