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Extracting Gold from Rock ... Where could we find mercury? The most common ore of mercury is called cinnabar. ... So how do you actually use mercury to extract gold?

Gold Mining and its Environmental Impacts ... In order to capture and isolate the gold, mercury or arsenic ... Californian prospectors (Wikipedia- California Gold ...

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Why is mercury used in gold mining and why is it a problem, which includes environmental risks, and health risks for miners.

In the 1800’s the use of mercury to extract gold from ore (called Amalgamation) was the most commonly used method by small scale prospectors for this purpose. It ...

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