Can gold and copper be mined together?

By-product gold mining Large copper mines, such as the Bingham Canyon mine in Utah, often recover considerable amounts of gold and other metals along with copper. Some sand and gravel pits, such as those around Denver, Colorado, may recover small amounts of gold in their wash operations.

Can you mine gold and silver together?

Yes. It depends on the type of rocks involved. Some mines produce a single metal almost exclusively, but MOST mines produce a major product and various ‘byproduct’ metals.

What ores are found together?

Many minerals are commonly found together (e.g. quartz and gold; molybdenum, tin and tungsten; copper, lead and zinc; platinum and palladium).

Can gold and iron be found together?

GOLD readily forms alloys with the precious metals silver and palladium, but it normally blends with cheap iron about as well as oil mixes with water. That has now changed, with the creation of a gold-iron alloy that is held together by magnetism.

What depth is gold found Minecraft?

levels 32-80
Gold Ore can be found from levels 32-80, so you’ll want to set up a mine between those levels. You can check your coordinates by hitting the “Show Coordinates” button in your settings for Bedrock Edition and by pressing F3 for Java Edition.

What rock is silver found in?

Silver is found in lead, zinc, gold and copper ore deposits. The most important ore mineral of silver is argentite (Ag2S, silver sulfide).

How do miners find silver?

How and where is silver extracted? Silver ore is mined through both open-pit and underground methods. The open pit method involves using heavy machinery to mine deposits relatively near the earth’s surface. In underground mining, deep shafts are dug into the ground to extract ore.

What metals are mined together?

Among the alloys found in native state have been brass, bronze, pewter, German silver, osmiridium, electrum, white gold, silver-mercury amalgam, and gold-mercury amalgam. Only gold, silver, copper and the platinum group occur native in large amounts.

Which metals are found together?

Metals that can be found as native deposits singly and/or in alloys include antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, indium, iron, nickel, selenium, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, and zinc. Two groups of metals can also be found in nature: the gold group and the platinum group.

Is gold found in iron rich soil?

Soil which contains iron may also be black, provided it has not oxidized. Where iron or other heavy metals are located, gold may also be found. Soil and rocks are sometimes bleached to a lighter color than other nearby rocks due to acid from lode deposits underground.