Prospecting for Lead and Silver ores

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  • čas přidán 8. 01. 2021
  • Lead is a highly lustrous, bluish-white metal. The element makes up roughly about one thousandth of one percent of the Earth's crust - about 10 parts per million. It is not considered rare, because it is fairly widespread, concentrates naturally by certain geologic processes and is easy to extract. It is almost always associated with some silver, so mines with lead ores are often called Lead - Silver deposits. In this video I take a look at lead and deposits of lead and silver together.
    For those who want to learn more about Prospecting and finding gold check out my book, Fists full of Gold. It’s an encyclopedia of everything on the topic of prospecting. It’s available on from High Plains Prospectors. (Affiliate) You can find it at:
    highplainsprospectors.com/pro...
    For even more information on prospecting, minerals, gems and other related information you can also check out my website at:
    nevada-outback-gems.com/prospe...
    The Prospecting and Mining Journal magazine can be found at:
    www.icmj.com
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Komentáře • 200

  • @oldminer5387
    @oldminer5387 Před 3 lety +2

    Another great series Chris. Interesting information, I enjoyed it, thank you.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +2

      Glad you enjoyed it. Next will be a couple videos on aluminum.

  • @paulbegley1464
    @paulbegley1464 Před 3 lety +7

    I was a little worried that you weren't going to do a video this week due to the current affairs. But I'm sure glad you did. Needed the break from it all. So thank you.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +3

      No, its a political hell, but I will keep plugging away.

  • @chateaugrief
    @chateaugrief Před 3 lety +3

    incredibly informative, really great video thank you so much for doing this series!

  • @nachthawknighthhawk6588
    @nachthawknighthhawk6588 Před 3 lety +3

    Subbed at the end of last year. Glad I found the channel. Looking forward to finding out more about minerals and their associated elements.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +3

      The schedule for the up coming couple of months is: A short series on the metal Aluminum; a series on all the minor but super important tech metals like: Lithium, rare earths, Nickel and cobalt, uranium, etc. Then after that we will be back to all gold related stuff for a good long while.

  • @DaleDuffy
    @DaleDuffy Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent video Chris....thanks again..!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @darinjohnson1725
    @darinjohnson1725 Před 3 lety +1

    Another great video. Thanks Chris!

  • @nikkilovesrocks
    @nikkilovesrocks Před 3 lety +1

    I wish I could do something with all this knowledge I am gaining by watching your channel! 😁
    I just love this stuff💖

  • @eotheleo83
    @eotheleo83 Před 3 lety

    Great informative video, Chris.
    I am reading your book "Fists Full Of Gold" (got it for Christmas). So informative.
    Thank you.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      Awesome, thank you! I am sure you will enjoy the book.

  • @degruenib8675
    @degruenib8675 Před 3 lety

    Greetings and happy new year, I wish everyone soundness!
    Prospector Ralph, your channel looks very informative and I subscribed right away in hope to learn more about this interesting trade
    Best of luck in finding the shining treasure in nature's nooks and creeks.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      Happy new year! Thanks for the kind words.

  • @achavez420ac
    @achavez420ac Před 3 lety +1

    Another great video...keep them coming👍

  • @glencaple3888
    @glencaple3888 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video/lecture! Thanks!

  • @toddeftsadams5909
    @toddeftsadams5909 Před 3 lety +7

    Once again Chris, a great informative video.
    Thank you for what you do.

  • @djleadone
    @djleadone Před rokem

    Thanks for making such an informative video.

  • @1981senlin
    @1981senlin Před 2 lety

    Thanks a lot Chris. We are looking to get our own lead concession. Liked this video。

  • @kennethbattles526
    @kennethbattles526 Před 2 lety

    I love your videos I live in Northern California and I watch them all the time I even watch them over again

  • @NosmokingUn
    @NosmokingUn Před 3 lety +2

    You are the best master💪👏🤗

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you for the kind words! 😃

  • @harshadazad7131
    @harshadazad7131 Před 3 lety

    Really you are the best teacher

  • @christianwitness
    @christianwitness Před 9 měsíci

    I learned a lot! Thank you!

  • @maikailoa808
    @maikailoa808 Před 3 lety

    Another good one
    Thanks.
    Ron

  • @nathanmiller3687
    @nathanmiller3687 Před 3 lety +1

    Woo-hoo, I always enjoy your videos, but this is one I can use here in North Arkansas! There's an old mystery mine that I've been chasing in these here hills. Thanks Chris, good work as always

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      Very cool! Best of luck to you in your quest.

    • @DeliciousDeBlair
      @DeliciousDeBlair Před 3 lety +1

      @Nathan Miller Hey! Another Hillbilly! I hope you score well on your mining! I'm hoping to make a good strike on a polymetallic deposit which I am hoping is under my land!
      BUNNY LUCK to you with your mine!
      /)/)
      ( 'ˬ')
      @(>_ )-b
      \) \)

  • @mariadelamontana
    @mariadelamontana Před 2 lety

    Found silver/lead stones in my property. Sent them for testing. High in silver, 25 ppm and lead is 83.2 ppm and Galina is like 8. Back when I did this I did not know how to identify the rocks! So after watching your video, will go back to keep on my search and research. Thanks! I learn so much with your videos!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety +1

      Hope you find lots of the Good stuff

    • @mariadelamontana
      @mariadelamontana Před 2 lety

      @@ChrisRalph with ALL that info (and I am watching all the videos) plus the technology, plus the energy, it is impossible for me not to find it! lol

  • @chet2201
    @chet2201 Před 3 lety

    Great presentation

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @goldensilver793
    @goldensilver793 Před 3 lety +1

    nuggets of thanks...

  • @Smithsgold
    @Smithsgold Před 3 lety +1

    thanks I'm learning a lot with these video's !!!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      Glad you liked it! Hey - you should have brought a weed burner torch with you to prospect in the snow with Gary! That's why I dont prospect in frozen ground.

    • @Smithsgold
      @Smithsgold Před 3 lety +1

      @@ChrisRalph i have one and didnt even think about it till we got there !!!

  • @henryritchie7060
    @henryritchie7060 Před 3 lety

    Thanks. I like this one.

  • @muhammadatiq8749
    @muhammadatiq8749 Před 11 měsíci

    Very helpful 👌

  • @fritzschwanserhauser2266

    I live in colorado, up near leadvjlle, the prospectors threw a black crust out as wasterock, later workers determined it was freaking platinum dude!

  • @paullong4471
    @paullong4471 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing this video..i understand now minerals are present in our planet..God creation..
    Good short session on minerals.God bless

  • @torsteneide4915
    @torsteneide4915 Před 2 lety

    Love your channel!
    So very informative and useful. I’ve enjoyed watching it very much.
    Have you ever tried the
    Nokta Macro Gold Kruzer gold metal detector?
    It’s made in Turkey I believe.
    Worth the price they’re asking you think?
    I plan on acquiring some small placer gold bits to help train myself to use it and get as familiar as I can before ever trying to use it out in the field . Planning to go searching in the Selkirk Mountains in south eastern British Columbia. I’m from central Alberta where we do have some gold in the rivers but its all flour gold which honestly I’m really not interested in as it’s just too much fiddly work to both find and recover to be of any interest to me at all.
    Thank you!
    I hope to hear from you.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      I hope you find big nuggets or nothing, so you dont have to throw those little fiddly bits aside (just too much work doing that).

  • @user-uf5sq6xw8r
    @user-uf5sq6xw8r Před rokem +1

    I believe I found it around here and over there in the volcano mountain and some Carlene😊 ore

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Be sure to have it tested by an assay laboratory.

  • @tvanwho
    @tvanwho Před 3 lety

    always wondered if there is silver n gold in old Wisconsin galena ore dumps? I had a 5 sided galena crystal assayed, 0.13 oz a ton for gold and 2.5 ounces of Silver per ton. Or what about the slag from old lead furnaces? But the state has outlawed galena mining due to sulfuric acid being released. They were only after the lead in the 1800's.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      As your assay shows there are small amounts of gold and silver with the lead.

  • @riquedp
    @riquedp Před rokem

    Thanks for the content. I own a limestone quarry and have just found 2 pieces of pure galena weighing 5kg each.
    I am looking for information and trying to find a trustworthy geologist to assess if the mine has a good amount of deposits for exploration.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem +1

      So to have a valuable lead mine you need many thousands of kg of galena - not 10 kg. Or it needs to have a lot of silver in it. You can have a lab do an assay and test it for silver content.

  • @kerrypurcell6022
    @kerrypurcell6022 Před 3 lety +3

    great video,, i live near leadore idaho,,,it was a big mining district as well as nearby gilmore and nicholia ,, lots of lead and silver came out of this area in the past,,,,,,lots of it is still left,,,,but with the government restrictions,,,or should i say dictator restrictions ,, i doubt any of it will be mined,

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +3

      A sad state of affairs - loads of gold in California too, but the state government will make sure its not mined.

  • @christhompson920
    @christhompson920 Před 3 lety

    Hello Chris
    Chris Thompson here in Texas i watched your videos and am happy to say THANK YOU. I am interested in where to find the small rock crusher that was in your shop on left of bench ( awaiting a motor) in one video ( i have found the flayer crusher) i have found several locations that i have collected samples from ( I am starting a rock garden here ) that i would like to reduce the size of and see my results. Great information enjoying your videos.

  • @PaulRichardson_Canada
    @PaulRichardson_Canada Před 3 lety +1

    I found some nice Galena at an old mine in New Brunswick Canada. Wonder if I can see the silver in it ? it has pyrite lead and some streak I thinking silver. would like to show you.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      I get so many, many requests for personal help, advice, training, review, mineral ID, etc. - every day - I simply cannot get involved with all the requests. I have plenty of my own projects to work on. Watch my videos on how to identify minerals for yourself. Start with - czcams.com/video/MpkW58ZeQlc/video.html Best of luck to you.

  • @cwhaenphong
    @cwhaenphong Před 2 lety

    Thank sir

  • @CaliforniaCarpenter7
    @CaliforniaCarpenter7 Před 3 lety +1

    I respect your knowledge on geology, Chris. Could you recommend a book that a guy could use to familiarize himself with the various ores and minerals associated with gold and silver prospecting? I’ve been slowly trying to learn as I go and still have very little knowledge of the rocks and minerals I’m encountering in The Mother Lode.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      There are rock and mineral color hand books you can buy on Amazon.

    • @SandhillCrane42
      @SandhillCrane42 Před 2 lety +1

      Mindat is a solid resource- I know almost nothing about NorCal, but it's a lot of serpentine, granite, and slate. There are some pegmatites and a lot of the slate is properly phyllite. Higher up are some mafic extrusive lavas and breccias and stuff that looks like basalt to me, apparently because they got uplifted from under the ocean or something, but they were down in there good like a couple thousand meters under the floor. I dunno, trying to learn myself. A big old intrusion done filled them rocks up with shiny. Serpentine to slate (I call it all slate, the schist and the phyllite) gradations are the good ones, but the granite has been weak for me. Similar circumstances produced the Juneau gold belt where gold deposited in stringers hosted in the black phyllite, and the granite there, the rusty diorite, also hosts gold. Search mindat plus your county and select macrostat in the bar of map options likely in the upper right. Clicking the colors brings up descriptions of the rock units etc. If you already know about mindat, sorry to waste your time. Although it isn't a book, it tends to have very concise regional specificity. It's pretty incredible, really. I struggle sometimes with the terminology, but it's important to remember with rocks that it's more like naming hues on the spectrum than species of life forms. CV Shorey's Earth Explorations is a good CZcams geology explainer, not to undercut the venerable Mr. Ralph. Good luck.

  • @allansgoldmining
    @allansgoldmining Před 3 lety +1

    BRAVO !! Great series Ralph ! Enjoyed them all, especially this one ! Quick question: Are the weathered surface lead oxides somewhat heavy compared to surround hosts ? Maybe as a first clue ? Reason I ask, is some of these samples could be easily overlooked. Thanks again for the marvelous education ! 🤠⛏⚒👍

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      It depends on the material. Very porous aggregates of lead minerals may not be particularly heavy. The solid crystals and less porous forms are dense. Sometimes there is not a lot of lead anyway - a deposit may be marked by gossans of mostly iron and manganese oxides.

    • @allansgoldmining
      @allansgoldmining Před 3 lety

      Yeah, I wonder how many times I've walked over a potential deposit, and never knew it. Hummm ? 🤔

  • @singingforchrist
    @singingforchrist Před 3 lety

    Hi Chris, thank you for the video. Where can I take the metals from my rocks to find out exactly what I have soI can determine if and how I can refine them? Thanks so much!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      There are assay labs who do testing of rocks to determine the valuable metals they contain.

    • @pankajkothari6191
      @pankajkothari6191 Před 2 lety

      @@ChrisRalph What kind of test we should do test the percentage ? like XRF, XRD or any other?

  • @steventamla2443
    @steventamla2443 Před rokem

    Chris am still waiting to here from you about,a cheap metal director for river prospecting.the size of gold varies starting from nuggets

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Friend - we have an understanding problem - you tell me your gold is minus 200, then you tell me your gold is nuggets. You tell me your gold is in a river, but rivers come in many sizes and types. I do not even know what country you are in, or how much money you have to spend. You must consider all these factors and decide for yourself. Please watch this video, it will help you decide. See: czcams.com/video/EF4oFvSHbJo/video.html See also: czcams.com/video/SqwkpH9LZIM/video.html
      As you learn more you will grow in knowledge and be able to decide best for yourself.

  • @juicyj5878
    @juicyj5878 Před 2 lety

    What could be an iridescent gunmetal colored coating/crystal? It is also contained on the same rock that appears to be clear quartz/druzy quartz. It was found rockhounding so the iridescence is natural....

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      Really hard to say. iron oxides or????

  • @jamesward5721
    @jamesward5721 Před 4 měsíci

    Mining company ran aerial scanning over our property - apparently it's one of the richest lead/zinc deposits in the country - but access via road is cost-prohibitive for industrial scale extraction - you can pick lead/zinc rich "nuggets" right out of the topsoil using a metal detector.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Interesting. thanks for sharing.

  • @HighOnThunder
    @HighOnThunder Před 3 lety

    After seeing the TVR Exploring video about a Soviet lead mine, I had a lot of questions, and this video answered most of them! TVR said that 1 in 7 Soviet bullets came from lead ore mined at that place in Kazakhstan, so I wondered, where did the Germans get their lead in WWII? Well, according to your map there is an ore body in Germany, but maybe they also invaded Poland first to get to their ores? Access to raw materials was supposedly also the reason for invading the USSR, specifically Kharkov, according to some internet sources. Anyway, thanks for the great video.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @HighOnThunder
      @HighOnThunder Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph Here is a video you might enjoy (if you have not seen it already) czcams.com/video/WNvuJPX9-h8/video.html

    • @HighOnThunder
      @HighOnThunder Před 3 lety

      And this one is more relevant, A Story Of Lead (1948) czcams.com/video/6HhdkkdsvTM/video.html

  • @Luke30dude
    @Luke30dude Před 3 lety

    Very interesting normally I would be interested in these videos but my grandpa and great grandpa were miners in the Mohave desert were they had a claim. Ice found some of my grandpas specimens that are so cool to look and are also very heavy but I don't know what it is, I also found a grey bar that was poured which is very heavy but to hard to be lead I think. Is it possible for me to email you pictures of what I've found? Maybe you can help me identify the items. Thanks in advance

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      Glad you enjoyed the video, but I do not offer a service to identify stuff - its way harder than you think. Take a look at my video on how to identify minerals and learn more about it. See: czcams.com/video/MpkW58ZeQlc/video.html

  • @tomgregory3648
    @tomgregory3648 Před 3 lety

    Absolutely love your channel. Do you ever get to Arizona? Do you ever consider guest speaking for very like minded clubs or organizations? Would love to have you if your ever in the Phoenix area, more specifically Superstition mountain area.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      I did not make the 2020 Phoenix GPAA show, but had made the previous ones for more than 10 years straight. No GPAA show this year so not in 2021 either. I am happy to speak at clubs and do often speak at local ones up here around Reno, but problem with clubs is that I am in town for a few days while traveling and if those are not the days when the club is meeting, it doesn't work. Clubs usually only meet once a month, so the odds are low that the meeting is the same time I am in town.

    • @tomgregory3648
      @tomgregory3648 Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph Second Sunday of every month around 4pm. But for YOU, we’ll call one whenever your in town! Keep on educating us about all the fine geology good sir! Look forward to them.

  • @gregj7523
    @gregj7523 Před 3 lety

    have spent a year now in my new state (NM) trying to find reasonable color where most don't seem to - here's what I found - i worked the washes west-northwest of golden and never found color, walked away with sample load materials (copper and silver) a little further north off 14 (near turquoise hill) - found a smidgin of placer in taos ski valley, and little more southwest of red river (have a spot in mind to explore more in depth when better equipped and a warmer time of year) - found a 'really nice' quartz vain at about a little better than an once per ton on testing (conservative) //three 2.5gl buckets field crushed, condensed and panned to 1.2gms total// in the bland canyons area but way too under equipped, way too hard to get in and out of (a day and a half of walking in off the canyon walls and a day and a half back in order not to approach over private property), found reasonable placer in a canyon south of bearhead peak but again no vehicular access and days to walk in and out of (packing the tools in to do it right would be near impossible) - caught sight of flakes under the "catwalks" in gila, and found 'good' color a few miles from there but saving that area for when I have better tools so as not to attract attention to what I'm doing when I go back - in the mean time seem to have better luck with small scale placer and gb2ing in parts of AZ

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Take a look at local prospecting clubs who often have claims or permissions to enter public property.

    • @gregj7523
      @gregj7523 Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph - our locals have been inactive over the last year and from what im told for the foreseeable future - i did join a AZ club for this year that's active outdoors simply to have locations to practice in but they're a good 8hrs each way ...so they'll be long weekend ventures - / - my wife is pretty critical of my trips because i almost killed myself twice this last year down in the canyons, lol - messed my hip up once, and able to hang on the second time, temporarily loosing my backpack (haven't broke any bones yet) - guess i just need to stop telling her about those parts of the adventure, lol

  • @fritzschwanserhauser2266

    Chris! What if we discovered some of those rare earth metals in some discarded rocks! Might we pan those or dry sift perhaps?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      Many of the rare earths are worth dollars a pound - like copper or nickel. The ones that are super valuable are rare and occur only in small percentages in the Rare Earth ores.

  • @EMPEROTV
    @EMPEROTV Před měsícem

    Will oxidation effect the lab results of the silver quality and quantity (g/tn) ratio?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před měsícem

      The oxidation state of the ore does not change the assay results.

  • @zengarden8592
    @zengarden8592 Před 2 lety +1

    I found the weirdest ore. It is silver in color, powdery soft feeling. Very Shiney. Very brittle. It looked in some areas though that the silver pasty color has traveled down the hill. So I started digging at the end of that area and then it was like mud paste silver. It's crazy.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      Interesting!

    • @GingerMole
      @GingerMole Před rokem

      Can you take a video of this and share it? I’m curious of this

  • @secrettreasure1388
    @secrettreasure1388 Před 3 lety +2

    '''''' THANKS,,,,,,,,,,!

  • @zengarden8592
    @zengarden8592 Před 2 lety

    I have been trying to look it up. It looks like serpentine when cleaned off but before it's cleaned off it's greasy like metallic silver. Very soft.

  • @IowaGoldProspectors
    @IowaGoldProspectors Před 2 lety

    Can gold deposits be found in and around lead deposits? I live in Iowa and we have lead deposits on the eastern side of the state always wondered.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      Is is possible? Yes. Is it possible with the kind of lead deposits found in Iowa? No. However there is loads of glacial gravel gold in Iowa that was pushed down from Canada. See my video on Midwest gold.

    • @IowaGoldProspectors
      @IowaGoldProspectors Před 2 lety

      Um yes I'm familiar with a glacial deposited gold in Iowa I have been extracting it for 10 years Thanks for responding to me I do watch your videos often

  • @toddmiller5725
    @toddmiller5725 Před rokem

    I thank you for all your hard work and the fact that you love your job ( which means you never really work when it’s something you love doing and the fact that you also love to share your knowledge. I’m a big rock hound and I love what God has created and it’s sad that it’s passed off as just a rock . The formations in designs and colors which could only be created by God is shared with us all if we just take the time to look at it and we could enjoy each beauty Jimmy times this past but I never pass is my eyes I’m picking locks up every single day my house is filled with the problem is is I don’t think enough time to find out what I have Because I’m always inundated with something but I thank you for your time and all that you’ve shared I hope that I get to hook up with you and maybe send you some pictures of what I have maybe you can tell me what I got maybe they might even be worth something so one day I can love the work and share like you do , , have a good day have a good night and I thank you for Share

  • @al-du6lb
    @al-du6lb Před 2 lety

    Will you do a video about what happened with the contamination in Silver Valley Idaho? How bad is it really and what went wrong?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety +1

      You need to be more specific.

    • @al-du6lb
      @al-du6lb Před 2 lety

      @@ChrisRalph It's called Bunker Hill Superfund Site now, and the area is contaminated with heavy metals.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety +1

      I'm in Nevada so its not easy for me to access and explore the area. Here is some info (there is much more info on the internet).
      The Coeur d’Alene Basin Cleanup is also known as the Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site. It is located in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, in one of the largest historical mining districts in the world. The site spans 1,500 square miles and 166 river miles. Mining operations began in the area in 1883 and continue today. Historical mining and milling methods disposed of tailings in rivers and streams. Those practices spread contaminants throughout the floodplain of the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River. Contamination also comes from large waste piles, waste rock, and past air emissions from smelter operations. Soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water became contaminated with heavy metals such as lead.
      The site was first added to the National Priorities List in 1983. Since then, EPA and its partners have made great progress in cleaning up contamination. The EPA partners with many the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, the Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission, the Panhandle Health District, and others to clean up properties, mine and mill sites, areas where people recreate, and many other places where metals pose a risk.

    • @al-du6lb
      @al-du6lb Před 2 lety

      @@ChrisRalph Thanks for the response. I just thought I'd ask your perspective on it from someone in the industry.

  • @steventamla2443
    @steventamla2443 Před rokem

    Kindly recommend a gold detector that is ideal for river prospecting but cheap and sensitive enough to penetrate the ground to a reasonable depth and is waterproof. size of gold range from gold to minus 200

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      No metal detector can see minus 200 mesh gold particles. Those are dust sized pieces.

    • @steventamla2443
      @steventamla2443 Před rokem

      @@ChrisRalph the size of gold carries recommend the one which is cheap and ideal for river prospecting

    • @steventamla2443
      @steventamla2443 Před rokem

      We have nuggets,pickers and even smaller visible gold in my area

  • @Raggmuff
    @Raggmuff Před 3 lety

    Any tips about looking for Silver in Utah?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Lots of silver and lead mines in Utah, check out some old state reports.

  • @clarkblount7788
    @clarkblount7788 Před rokem

    Would love to see a video on taking rock and assaying it. How do I know what is ore "microfine" vs trash? May be a naive request but its a topic I need to tackle.Also can I test for content such as X= chromium vs trash ect.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Doing your own assay basically means having all the equipment to do your own fire assay. And that is expensive. You can do a test for free gold more cheaply, but that will not include microfine gold.

    • @clarkblount7788
      @clarkblount7788 Před rokem

      @@ChrisRalph well let's weigh those options out?

  • @altonlynch5464
    @altonlynch5464 Před rokem

    Are the Lead minerals safe to hold in your hand?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      You should wash you hands after handling them.

  • @ironmonkey1512
    @ironmonkey1512 Před 3 lety

    There are places in NM you can find chloride ores scattered around on the ground

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Silver chloride is definitely worth picking up.

    • @ironmonkey1512
      @ironmonkey1512 Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph this is in the general vicinity of the 'wedding chamber' find, but this covers a vast area. There are small limestone 'pipes' running all over the place right under the surface with rich ore

    • @ironmonkey1512
      @ironmonkey1512 Před 3 lety

      that should be 'Bridal Chamber'

  • @DR_SOLO
    @DR_SOLO Před rokem

    😮🤔 So I had some rocks chilling in some Peracetic Acid, ( 6% White Vinegar, and 3% peroxide)
    Combined in old plastic 1 lb coffee container. At some point the liquid started to evaporate, and eventually evaporating 100% totally.
    So now my stones have grown a thick ( 1"-2")) )in coat of white salty Crystal looking lattice structure coating the entire surface of the stones. What could it be.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem +1

      Since you started with "some rocks" - and I have no idea what those rocks might be - I have no idea whatsoever of what you have now.

  • @domsprospectingadventures9737

    i prospect for gold i find more lead lol good video

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      That is frequently the case! The recycling video I did on lead was mostly lead I collected while prospecting, including metal detecting.

  • @americanadventureoutdoors4213

    How do we know that we are in the water table ? My claim is in a steep canyon , creek running through the bottom of corse, is my placer claim both side of creek are my load claims . I would think the water table would be at creek level ? Mabee no could be higher as the creek has slowly dug it’s self deeper . The old portal goes in just above the creek level , and I’m no expert but I believe it’s been ran through the sulfide zone , mabee to get below the oxide zone , I’m not sure . Has been said the last geologist that has been in there with previous owner said it is a silver mine ( as there is no records on this mine ) .

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +2

      Have some assay tests done to determine what is in the different grades of the ore.

    • @americanadventureoutdoors4213
      @americanadventureoutdoors4213 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ChrisRalph , 12 oz silver pt , .50 gold pt .... Have just recently discovered electrum , was a nugget about size of end of pinky , Was too light colored to be gold so I smashed it to test it lol was a mistake so I smashed it down but also broke apart as it was from crystalline electrum as I later discovered with microscope . With research I discovered that there was electrum found in my mining district,( not Colorado ) . One of two spots found in Oregon .

    • @DeliciousDeBlair
      @DeliciousDeBlair Před 3 lety +1

      @@americanadventureoutdoors4213 I would suggest that you drill a hole from inside the mine [assuming you have the right tools available to you to drill such a hole] and see if it fills with water.
      If there is not water flowing out of the mine on its own, any water that comes up into your hole will [usually] stop at the natural water table by the laws of hydrodynamics.
      If, however, water is dripping down the walls or from the roof ['back' ] of the mine, then the water table is higher than the mine, and means that you are likely in the rich spot where the minerals are most concentrated.
      BUNNY LUCK to you on your mine!
      /)/)
      ( 'ˬ')
      @(>_ )-b
      \) \)

    • @americanadventureoutdoors4213
      @americanadventureoutdoors4213 Před 3 lety

      @@DeliciousDeBlair . Well part of the problem is there is a creek coming down the mnt on the side of said portal . The shaft runs close to it or right under it . We are geting water in the mine year round . I’m certain they were headed towards and under a breccia zone , but never made it . The gold in the district was found down to about 200 ta 300 feet , after that in the sulfide zone .

  • @ataali4279
    @ataali4279 Před rokem

    Hi sir , how much percent of silver on ore silver rock ?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Some has much gold, but others have very little. some are in between. Not all ores have the same silver.

    • @ataali4279
      @ataali4279 Před rokem

      @@ChrisRalph inshallah i will try and see how much the percentage, thanks 🌹🌹

  • @eurekadetect
    @eurekadetect Před 3 lety

    Hello friend, I hope you are well.
    I'm curious:
    Here in Brazil, every finding that is considered historic by law belongs to the government. There are cases of people who are unaware of the Law, publish their findings and the Government hijacks the findings, without paying any gratuity to the detectorist, who still runs the risk of being arrested if he sells what he finds. How is the Law there? What did you find is it yours? Can you trade freely or keep it in your possession?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      In the US, most archeological finds belong to the government if found on government land. However this channel is about mineral finds, not really about treasure hunting. Mineral finds belong to the finder.

    • @eurekadetect
      @eurekadetect Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph Thank you!

  • @benjaminpainter378
    @benjaminpainter378 Před 9 měsíci

    Where do you have the info on why lead is not given to the average man? I am interested in the information as to why it is restricted. There must be a financial reason behind it.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 9 měsíci

      You can still buy lead bullets. Lead has been replaced in many items because it is toxic and left leaning persons in the mommy state government think you would endanger yourself if you could get lead easily.

  • @donkeyengine2426
    @donkeyengine2426 Před 3 lety

    Chris I know you are not a lawyer but maybe you can do a video on gold prospecting/mining laws in general for Cal. Az. And Nevada, so us small time prospectors don’t run afoul of?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Laws vary from place to place and what a prospector might want to do varies so really tough to do because of so many possibilities. And as you said, I am not a lawyer.,

  • @donkeyengine2426
    @donkeyengine2426 Před 3 lety

    Chris you have said that California has lots of gold but the California government will make sure it is not mined. Could you please expand on that? Is it a environmental factor or is it something else?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      I am talking about large scale mining which your state government opposes because of its very left wing bent.

  • @michelleosborne8951
    @michelleosborne8951 Před 2 lety

    I found some rocks that alarm my detector. I t looked like gelena. I heated it and it popped. It then left a smell like sulfuric acid

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety +1

      Galena is lead sulfide, when you heated it you got a sulfur smell from the sulfur in the mineral.

    • @michelleosborne8951
      @michelleosborne8951 Před 2 lety

      @@ChrisRalph thanks for responding. I got your book by the way. I’m enjoying it.

  • @altonlynch5464
    @altonlynch5464 Před rokem

    Do you have a Facebook page? somewhere I can send you some picture, of some of the stuff I have found. Maybe you can ID some of it.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      I am sorry my friend, but I get so many requests every day for personal help, training, photo evaluation, etc. that I cannot fulfill all the requests. I have many, many commitments of my own that demand my time.
      I wish you the best of luck in your efforts.
      Chris

  • @Sartorialtrucker
    @Sartorialtrucker Před rokem

    I found a large rock heavy at quartz site ar behind loves trk stop it has crystal and black veins running through as well as black spots I think it could be lead silver ore but not sure any suggestions as for location I found it

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      No idea of what it might be - there are hundreds of heavy minerals. Lots of iron ores are black.

    • @Sartorialtrucker
      @Sartorialtrucker Před rokem

      @@ChrisRalph I will have all checked if I find a place that can do that for me in Missouri where I live

  • @rayjones463
    @rayjones463 Před rokem

    the earth is litteraly distilling these different compounds

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      I dont know that "distilling" is the right word to describe it.

  • @NaminesPvtltd
    @NaminesPvtltd Před měsícem

    Lead available here in Pakistan

  • @mikesherman8590
    @mikesherman8590 Před rokem

    I'm supost to be training for work but you do to good of a job teaching LOL HAHAHAHAHA I quit I'm going Prospecting. Make your own movie and be the star.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Best of luck to you in your prospecting.

  • @mandysyoutubething
    @mandysyoutubething Před 3 lety

    I had almost lead poisoning as a kid. Despite that i didn't know. After finding it out i still felt great. My skin has bad reactions to metals anymore. Except for silver. And iron i guess. Haha. Or id be dead from my blood :) can't wear it though. Even surgical steel. Haven't tried platinum. Too expensive to find for me. You think my skin would react bad to it too? I don't want to bother looking for it still if you think it would. Tried gold. Made me itch. Im weird. I would just stick with silver but kind of tired of the way it tarnishes all the time. And having all silver would make me a target to thief's as well as make my bank account non-existent. 😂🥴

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      I have no idea about platinum and how it might affect you. And platinum is much more expensive that silver.

  • @johnathansaegal3156
    @johnathansaegal3156 Před 2 lety

    A lot of information, great, but the title is completely misleading - I'm trying to find "prospecting for lead/silver" where the video shows prospecting and identifying lead/silver deposits as you PROSPECT... you know, what the title of this video is :/

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      I did not see where it says "as you PROSPECT" in the title. Lots of folks like this version, its not possible to please 100% of all people.

  • @mustafaacar5776
    @mustafaacar5776 Před 2 lety

    Hello

  • @kamelsamer5768
    @kamelsamer5768 Před rokem

    3:04 "but I kind of disgusted how a lot of politicians somehow think that the average man shouldn't have lead whether it's in the form of a diving weight or a wheel weight or a bullet."
    Oh, wait until you learn that you can turn lead into silver using household items. hahahaha

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      4.

    • @kamelsamer5768
      @kamelsamer5768 Před rokem

      ​@@ChrisRalph By the way, have you ever discovered any copper traces in galena?
      Copper is impossible to find in lead because (as far as I know) it changes into silver and gold.

  • @butchmilk2972
    @butchmilk2972 Před 2 lety

    Is gold in sand stone in N Y state? ✡️✝️✝️🔭🥰🌈🐦

  • @SnakeBush
    @SnakeBush Před 10 měsíci

    going down to chihuahua boys

  • @user-py6ch8nn5z
    @user-py6ch8nn5z Před 20 dny

    #👽✌️

  • @timdybala7127
    @timdybala7127 Před 3 lety

    I will be deleting my youtube account due to their censorship. Please post your content to rumble. Sincerely, Tim Dybala.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      When I can make the same money on Rumble, I will.

    • @timdybala7127
      @timdybala7127 Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph I get that. Maybe you could have both youtube and rumble

  • @manmohanpahi7681
    @manmohanpahi7681 Před 5 měsíci

    Sir can I get ur no

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 5 měsíci

      My friend, I only speak English and it appears you do not.

  • @Imran-xh7kv
    @Imran-xh7kv Před rokem

    Sir we have variety of stones in our area but I have no experience of identifying then whether they are gold ore or not. Sir would you assist me in. And if you have time than I will send you these stones to you. Please send me your wattsapp nmber

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Please watch my videos on how to identify minerals. I do not offer a mineral ID service.