Large (?) amount of mercury found in Reedy Creek Victoria

[Kenzo's Prospecting]

Hi all.

I popped down to Reedy Creek (near Eldorado) and ran my high banker for about 40 mins.

Ended up with a blob of liquid mercury in my cons.


I found this to be quite surprising (and disappointing) that it's way more that the gold recovered.

Anyone else seen it like this?

 

[Moneybox]

What does the mercury feel like? If it's grainy it could be full of that gold you're trying to find.

 

[XLOOX]

Yup seen that a few times in Deep Ck GPA Gympie.

Is a fact of life in old gold mining areas in Oz ( and even from current use in Sth Am & Africa)

Is not poss to remediate the area effectively as is very localised and like gold mostly at lowest levels and in cracks, against rock bars etc

 

[auriphile]

Hi all.

I popped down to Reedy Creek (near Eldorado) and ran my high banker for about 40 mins.

Ended up with a blob of liquid mercury in my cons.


I found this to be quite surprising (and disappointing) that it's way more that the gold recovered.

Anyone else seen it like this?

Yep - in Reedy Creek. Guessing you were downstream from the old crushing mill. This is one of the reason we have a Water Board - because of how polluted the hunt for gold made Beechworth waterways (not that it's much better now - that's toilet water you were panning in!).