Gold Pan Vs Fire Assay Pt 1: How To Gold Pan Very Fine Hard Rock Gold

This video is comparing gold panning and fire assaying for determining the amount of gold in an ore sample. It also includes a gold panning lesson on super fine hard rock gold! This sample was prospected and high graded from old dump piles. It is then crushed down and panned with a gold pan to recover the very fine hard rock gold. The gold is then recovered from the pan and using lead is cupelled to recover the a gold bead which is then weighed to determine the oz/ton or g/ton in the sample.
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[@mikesherman8590]

My Dad was a teacher until he was 84 the very best.. Young man your on his heals.

[@arronknowlton1382]

I use cooking spray on my conical mold 1/2 gallon conical mold. The pour just falls right out with no sticking. No joke. Love your videos. I tell everyone I know to watch your videos as I love em! Thanks so much

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

Another fine lesson by a real expert.

[@RayRusawcocktailminer]

I have really been enjoying your videos , thank you

[@mbmmllc]

Glad you like them!

[@mikemullenix6956]

That's easy enough. I can do that. Thanks for posting this.

[@pertinentparadigm1337]

Fascinating topic of cupelling, looking forward to the assay result comparison.

[@mbmmllc]

Awesome, thank you! If you didn't see it here is part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boK3qGuvfNxmhZY

[@mikeknutson415]

Okay on a serious note.... I'm actually really enjoying all of your new videos quite interesting and quite fascinating

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks Mike!

[@tadvanallen]

Looking forward to seeing the next video with Assay comparisons... and Nice panning fines tutorial, best one yet.. I still want one your company baseball caps.. great emblem!

[@mbmmllc]

Awesome, thank you! If you didn't see it here is part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boK3qGuvfNxmhZY

[@mccom7862]

Nice! Cool experiment.

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks!

[@magdalenehenricus2075]

Excellent

[@zoloto_prosto]

Good content. Like for the work.

[@davidskaar3232]

Neat to learn and know.

[@aumetalmental8403]

That was pretty cool. 😎✌️

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks!

[@mikevandyke7505]

cool video thanks again for sharing

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks for watching!

[@RalphReagan]

Thanks I high graded a pile and was having a hard time panning it.

[@mbmmllc]

Panning that fine stuff is tricky

[@noahlamrock]

Have recently started working at a geochemistry lab, we pronounce it ‘Que-pell’ at the place I work.

[@wrinkyscarnagecrew]

I've heard it both ways from chemistry teachers maybe it depends on if they're from the south or not

[@magdalenehenricus2075]

Precious

[@dallassams6427]

Cool video! What a coincidence 0.1gm per kilogram! Very interesting how that worked out with the sulphides in there. Anxious to see the results of the fire assay...

[@mbmmllc]

Awesome, thank you! If you didn't see it here is part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boK3qGuvfNxmhZY

[@mikehartman5326]

Cue Pell Is how is I learned it sounded out as.

[@kevinmartin7760]

You should have pipetted your panning fines onto some sort of blotter paper and allowed that to dry before putting it in the cupelle. The would also add some carbon that might reduce some of the sulfides.

[@mbmmllc]

That's a good idea!

[@jonathancardy9941]

Hi Jason, when you put the first bit of lead in I thought that was a lot of lead for such a tiny amount of material. But then you added another 20gm or more. I get that when molten the lead needed to cover all the stuff you were cupelling, but why use >100 times as much lead as there was gold and sulphides? Could this have worked as well with 5gm of lead?

[@robertlewis6736]

He's from Montana you could tell him there's danger and not wearing a mask in operating with these chemicals doesn't matter he's from Montana they do as they do Jason seems like a pretty cool guy I hope him health and safety as well

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks, always wear your PPE

[@feliperguez7846]

Congratulations on your channel, I really like your stone crusher videos. I have seen that some titles are in Spanish there is a way that some of your videos are in Spanish.

[@mbmmllc]

Thank you very much!

[@jamesproffitt9641]

If you got the material wet wouldn't it help with all the Dust?

[@mangoldandy]

How long did it take to evaporate the led til you had the gold bead?

[@thomaspownall2989]

I recently found visible gold in a quartz matrix, but it's only visible under magnification. I was wondering if it's even worth my time to extract or just keep as a specimen. I'm in Oregon, found it on a gravel road, the host material also has copper and possibly silver as well. It's literally 1 1/2" minus crush, used to rock a logging road. 😂. Thanks for the information

[@leelemons3571]

can you tell me exactly where? Really need to get down there and ill let you know.

[@danielpereiraleal]

Boa tarde, seus vídeos e muito bacana,mas gostaria ainda mais se fosse dublado em português!

[@TechGorilla1987]

@2:00 - At least you don't need a truck crane to swap out your hammers this way. :D

[@mbmmllc]

Haha, yeah good point

[@arne6787]

seems like you need some surfactant detergent in your panning for that tiny stuff.

[@rbolen8380]

?Does the shaker tables work for this kind of materiel? I have issues with how long it takes to pan 4 five gallon buckets of stuff I gave that looks a lot like what you have here. But I do like how that gold looks in the pan towards the end

[@mbmmllc]

Yes, shaker table would work good for large amounts

[@rbolen8380]

@@mbmmllc thank you for replying to my question. I'm not sure why I asked though. I can see how well the table works. In your videos. In fact I haven't seen anything that works as good or efficient as what you have. Anyhow, thank you for making the videos.

[@nickb5410]

Very interesting. Do you have to add that much lead to recover .1 gram bead of gold? I want to try this experiment sometime. Thanks.

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks, probably don't need that much lead. I want to do some experiments on how much collector you actually need. Thanks for watching

[@downyourtube]

@@mbmmllc How would you approach: Nano particles of Platinum and Palladium material (keyword "NANO" size) mixed in fine dirt? I have pounds and pounds of this material, but I'm unsure to what the best approach would be to refine it. I'm interested in the Fire Assay approach. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[@kahnfu-zhin8627]

That’s what I would call “ ultra high-grade”!

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks!

[@KD0CAC]

You put as much lead as the cupel will take - but do you need that much lead with that little test material ? Thanks again

[@mbmmllc]

Probably don't need that much lead, but the sulfides had me worried :)

[@rockman531]

pronounced "qu-pell". Great video!!

[@mbmmllc]

Cool, thanks!

[@arelgr9407]

nicely idea the pipette, in 13:29 min we see particles clearly. jason what is your camera ? thnk.

[@mbmmllc]

Lgg8

[@arelgr9407]

@@mbmmllc it's smartphone camera 【・_・?】

[@nirajsrivastava9510]

Where did we get these stones ?

[@RayRusawcocktailminer]

I still have a lot to learn about Lead Qupelling

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks for watching

[@jasong8377]

This may be a dumb question but do you ever sell ore samples on Ebay or Facebook I buy a lot of paydirt and crushing up some ore looks like it would be interesting

[@mbmmllc]

We don't sell samples, but that is a good idea

[@denisalvarenga2821]

Sir these is just only oxide of gol right

[@Dailypaper.]

Why do you need to add a collective metal? And what happends if you dont use it

[@stevetreloar6602]

hey dude! just at the moment you mention "irony' I wa thinking, "what is wrong with you, don't you have a dolly pot??"

[@TechGorilla1987]

(kyo͞o′pəl, kyo͞o-pĕl′) I think you have it correct. As opposed to this word:a cupola /ˈkjuːpələ/ is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. (Pronounced CUOOP ELLA)

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks for checking. Its probably french or something :)

[@MsDavid159951]

Can you melt catalytic converter with flux please make a video on it please reply yes or no?

[@MsDavid159951]

Please make a video on it please reply yes or no?

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will work on it!

[@wetstreamsprospecting2781]

Make us a miniature shaker table. 12vdc or 120vac Please

[@mbmmllc]

Ok, I will put some thought to it :)

[@BillMulholland1]

Hey Jason. I fallow Dan Hurd prospecting. You should check out his channel. He’s a teacher. 🍻👍 Capel.

[@allenhammer7923]

You never showed what you did with the second sample you were going to smelt?

[@mikeknutson415]

Now wait a minute let me get this straight ,no wrist action, no shaking, and no bumping... heck that don't sound like no fun LOL

[@mbmmllc]

Sometimes you gotta be gentle 😂

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

That's what I do but I just crush it and put it in the crucible and bam Crystalin gold but I got Crystalin ore so screw panning and all that powder and smelt with lead or borax and I'm not giving my secrets up all the way you gotta watch my videos

[@husnimarzuki8426]

Mr Jason...could i know what lead do you use? Are it silver.. thanks for the answer..

[@user-qn9kz7ox4c]

☝️👍

[@bryanwatrous9385]

Lmao yeah you have heard of someone doing it that way, cause you said a guy told you to do it that way.

[@slowoldandugly8299]

its a koople

[@wrinkyscarnagecrew]

Potato potatoe ... bro brah it doesn't matter how you say it means the same thing and I'm pretty sure we know what you mean😉

[@dancb1974]

I hope you had a dust mask on then or you will end up with Silicosis!!.. ☠ 😬 💯👍🏼

[@mbmmllc]

Yep. always wear a respirator

[@scottpeterson5241]

That’s $5500/ton before costs 👍

[@mbmmllc]

Yeah! Good Stuff

[@maxstephens815]

You need to buy some new pans!

[@Hartcore11]

I heard it as pronounced coo pell

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks for your input! That's what the consensus seems to be!

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

When you are at your level of expertise you get to decide how to pronounce it.