What Gold Ore Looks Like - Mining 101 - Gold Rush Expeditions

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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2015
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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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  • @silverfirefox3
    @silverfirefox3 5 років тому +21

    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.!!

  • @denniskromann5432
    @denniskromann5432 6 років тому +22

    Thank you for the straight talk on gold rocks.

  • @brianblackwell2308
    @brianblackwell2308 5 років тому +3

    Thank you, you are the first people to answer that question for me

  • @thekeithchannel
    @thekeithchannel 8 років тому +32

    Extremely helpful. That "UGLY!" at 5:36 will forever haunt me at night though

  • @brandontracy3112
    @brandontracy3112 5 років тому +5

    Great video very informative made me realize that some of these rocks I've been hanging onto are worth hanging onto thank you

  • @Farida-A.R.
    @Farida-A.R. 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing identification of metals and gold in various gold ore samples. Thanks for sharing.

  • @justinspolar2nd616
    @justinspolar2nd616 2 роки тому +3

    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 ✌️

  • @1topskyrocket
    @1topskyrocket 6 років тому +15

    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.

  • @joepoelmans5910
    @joepoelmans5910 6 років тому +28

    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

    • @alexalcala9484
      @alexalcala9484 2 роки тому +9

      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.

    • @Manatees_Rock
      @Manatees_Rock 2 роки тому +10

      If you look at it under a microscope and it looks like blocks, then it’s pyrite.

    • @saralocklear1677
      @saralocklear1677 2 роки тому +14

      Gold stays yellow in the shade , Micah and pyrite turns dark and black in shade...

    • @Jetcheahh
      @Jetcheahh 2 роки тому +7

      @@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

    • @MontanaLisaJ
      @MontanaLisaJ 10 місяців тому

      How do you get the gold out of that rock?

  • @philippemarsolais9256
    @philippemarsolais9256 5 років тому +4

    One , if not the best information i have come across . Very well explained . Many thanks

  • @amandadodson1582
    @amandadodson1582 3 роки тому +5

    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...

    • @paullong4471
      @paullong4471 2 роки тому

      See things at brighter sights.God bless

  • @dawin88
    @dawin88 6 років тому +4

    Thanks for this! Now ready to visit the untapped places in the Philippines. :)

  • @juststeve7665
    @juststeve7665 6 років тому

    one of the best explanations i've seen. thanks!

  • @coultercrawford5944
    @coultercrawford5944 7 років тому +20

    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.

    • @goldrushmines
      @goldrushmines  7 років тому +3

      Thanks for the suggestion! We'll keep that in mind the next time we go out and film!

  • @paullong4471
    @paullong4471 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks for sharing..happy to see the wonder of this world and its usefulness..God bless

  • @vahagnmelikyan2906
    @vahagnmelikyan2906 7 років тому +11

    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.

  • @JoseLopez-sh4xg
    @JoseLopez-sh4xg 5 років тому +3

    Thank you for this valuable information.

  • @f150twinturbo7
    @f150twinturbo7 5 років тому +4

    Some real helpful stuff , great video dude 👌👍🤙💥⛏

  • @dawnosburn1195
    @dawnosburn1195 8 років тому +8

    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.

  • @colinbainbridge5275
    @colinbainbridge5275 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @nicolasdomouse9052
    @nicolasdomouse9052 5 років тому +3

    Love it great info best I seen or heard yet thanks

  • @arcticpara7775
    @arcticpara7775 8 років тому +3

    Thanks for a VERY informative Video

  • @devito501
    @devito501 8 років тому +6

    very intersting an i enjoyed . geology is more than meets the eye ...

  • @GOWIN8109837
    @GOWIN8109837 3 роки тому +5

    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

  • @Bobnawyjezdzie
    @Bobnawyjezdzie 7 років тому +7

    Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! I loved it.

  • @anonymously4U
    @anonymously4U Рік тому +1

    Hey dude
    Thank you for your time and shareing the facts

  • @stephenbruce4052
    @stephenbruce4052 7 років тому +4

    All the History in that ........Thanks for the share

  • @markthomas4083
    @markthomas4083 Рік тому +1

    Video was helpful! Thank you.

  • @hamsesaeeed1564
    @hamsesaeeed1564 4 роки тому +3

    Great lesson

  • @tinamitchell8735
    @tinamitchell8735 2 роки тому +1

    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

  • @davidrennie1362
    @davidrennie1362 3 роки тому +4

    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?

  • @jujuledruide6385
    @jujuledruide6385 6 років тому

    nice and quick explanation ! thx for sharring

  • @dragonfleye3803
    @dragonfleye3803 4 роки тому +6

    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 ...

  • @maikailoa808
    @maikailoa808 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for this good info. And education.
    Ron

  • @BC5391
    @BC5391 7 років тому

    Great information, thank you for the video

  • @thirdeyepyramids7391
    @thirdeyepyramids7391 2 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @devons_alive420
    @devons_alive420 7 років тому +1

    very well done , thank you.

  • @SpearsOfCrystal
    @SpearsOfCrystal Рік тому +1

    Extremely Informative Video!! Thank you!

  • @scottkauffman1457
    @scottkauffman1457 6 років тому +4

    Awesome video . Thanks for the great info . Just started desert minning / rock hounding . got a few like you showed . tganks

  • @cylentstoner
    @cylentstoner 2 роки тому +1

    This is an amazing video thank you guys!

  • @SirGideonMudenda
    @SirGideonMudenda Місяць тому +1

    Wow we are rich together with that kind of information

  • @caseysimmons9578
    @caseysimmons9578 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you
    Excellent stuff🙂

  • @leilengh
    @leilengh 6 років тому

    Very good information.thank you

  • @kicklo9409
    @kicklo9409 8 років тому +2

    Excellent video and thank you for sharing
    Those ugly rocks,looks beautiful in eyes now :)

  • @garyssprinklerrepair
    @garyssprinklerrepair 6 років тому

    I never get tired of watching this video.

  • @GOLDAUSTRALIA
    @GOLDAUSTRALIA 6 років тому

    Awesome. And so true re the pyrite along side gold!!

  • @Bemo25508
    @Bemo25508 11 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful video

  • @billjo4406
    @billjo4406 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you this is a huge help

  • @nikolaiflint6690
    @nikolaiflint6690 6 років тому +1

    Sweet video helps a lot

  • @JasonBelgarde
    @JasonBelgarde 7 років тому +1

    Great video.....Thank you....

  • @DjSubia
    @DjSubia 5 років тому +1

    great vid! thankyou

  • @andrewQueDeLlee
    @andrewQueDeLlee 5 років тому +3

    Tnx for lesson.... North Caucasus...

  • @justjezabell3933
    @justjezabell3933 3 роки тому +1

    By far the very best video for identify rock with gold

  • @Holy_hand-grenade
    @Holy_hand-grenade 6 років тому

    Super Informative. All meat no veggies.

  • @larrysmith850
    @larrysmith850 6 років тому +7

    Great educational video !!! You all are genuinely blessed for all your hard work, time & talent! :) :) :) Thank you

  • @hunterfisher35
    @hunterfisher35 6 років тому

    you guys do great vids ! thumbs up

  • @Couchgoblin
    @Couchgoblin 8 років тому +1

    Thanks, I found this video very informative.

  • @davidking5402
    @davidking5402 3 роки тому +1

    thanks for the education

  • @rosepossien6185
    @rosepossien6185 6 років тому +2

    Great video, thank you for posting it! Interesting about the uglies, I knew there was good reason not to toss them! :-0

  • @kristinflowerofchrist17
    @kristinflowerofchrist17 4 роки тому

    This has helped me so much ..

  • @jaffyger
    @jaffyger 8 років тому +1

    Cool vid folks well done.

  • @GarnettM
    @GarnettM 8 років тому +4

    Very helpful .

  • @billb295
    @billb295 7 років тому

    Great videos!

  • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
    @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 років тому

    saw this a long time ago - finally can comment to say thanks

  • @1stfacts542
    @1stfacts542 4 роки тому

    Super Awesome Video!! Thanks!! Subscribed!!
    Scared the crap outta me at 5:39 and 6:02
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @mikeconnery4652
    @mikeconnery4652 Рік тому +1

    Great video

  • @paranoidpony6861
    @paranoidpony6861 2 роки тому +1

    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!"

    • @goldrushmines
      @goldrushmines  2 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @paul0was0here
    @paul0was0here 7 років тому +1

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @issamashawu751
    @issamashawu751 Рік тому +1

    Very helpful to me. Educate More on how to identify stones containing gold.

  • @madameoye
    @madameoye 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much 😊

  • @GoldenpaydirtReviews
    @GoldenpaydirtReviews 6 років тому

    nice job guys

  • @layoung.
    @layoung. 6 років тому +12

    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

  • @A1998GatewayPC
    @A1998GatewayPC 4 роки тому +2

    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,

  • @stephenbruce4052
    @stephenbruce4052 7 років тому +1

    Thank you that was awesome Cheers

  • @RedmanOutdoors366
    @RedmanOutdoors366 6 років тому +1

    Great video very nice

  • @andreanorton7
    @andreanorton7 2 роки тому +1

    That video just showed me what ive been dyint to know thanks

  • @kaningraja2145
    @kaningraja2145 Рік тому +1

    I love your video. Thank you so much❤❤❤

  • @chriswertz1438
    @chriswertz1438 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @ramember2
    @ramember2 6 років тому

    Super helpful.. thanks for the rundown on the ugly rocks..lol..

  • @raymondroland5540
    @raymondroland5540 6 років тому +2

    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.

  • @sylmen1111
    @sylmen1111 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you, can’t wait to see what I have, I’m probably struggling for nothing 😂

  • @richardtoney2441
    @richardtoney2441 2 місяці тому +1

    very interesting, I wonder if large amounts of gold containing ore is discarded in tailings .

  • @gabrielheredia7563
    @gabrielheredia7563 5 років тому +1

    Wow bro thank you

  • @kurumitokisaki6849
    @kurumitokisaki6849 6 місяців тому +1

    That answers my Minecraft question. Thank you 😊

  • @melissaclark368
    @melissaclark368 2 роки тому

    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 ....

  • @kristinflowerofchrist17
    @kristinflowerofchrist17 4 роки тому

    Thank You So much....

  • @captain5969
    @captain5969 3 роки тому

    Thank you sir

  • @MedicalSkillsTraining
    @MedicalSkillsTraining 5 років тому +2

    I love this guys info, can you give me a tour of your mine? 🙏🙏🙏

    • @goldrushmines
      @goldrushmines  5 років тому +1

      Hi Julie- We have mines all over the western states, but we dont give tours. Sorry!

  • @9701jamieb
    @9701jamieb Рік тому

    Any good videos to watch to identify gold ore in the upper peninsula of michigan?

  • @timerickson2141
    @timerickson2141 6 років тому

    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.

  • @jamesscott9081
    @jamesscott9081 4 роки тому +2

    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!)

  • @maranti34b
    @maranti34b 5 років тому +1

    Some NorCal lodes are white but have large gold hunks in the quartz. See Alleghany District for example.

  • @fayeyother9978
    @fayeyother9978 8 років тому +7

    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.

    • @burtgummer463
      @burtgummer463 6 років тому

      Faye Yother What metal detector do you have? I can offer advice, but I need to know that.

  • @nighthawk7667
    @nighthawk7667 3 роки тому +1

    Im a caver and Explorer, thanks for the info.😁👌🇺🇸

  • @natashabiggins-nf1yb
    @natashabiggins-nf1yb Місяць тому +1

    I have so many that look like those especially the pyrite and quartz

  • @JazzyAmbitions
    @JazzyAmbitions 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks

  • @soundarrajan1228
    @soundarrajan1228 Рік тому +1

    Nice

  • @akitolo7140
    @akitolo7140 Рік тому

    hi may i ask kind sir, what equipments do you use for mining underground?

  • @MrGusflyer
    @MrGusflyer 6 років тому +1

    thankyou

  • @palandasghodeswar6169
    @palandasghodeswar6169 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks .