It depends on what type of rock and where the rock comes from
4g
50p
What weighs more: a ton of gold or 2000 pounds of silver
With current price of $1213.00 US dollars per ounce. 35274 ounces per metric ton. $1213 x 35274 = $42,787,362.00. Please remember that the price of gold varies from day to day so this is only good for 12/29/2013.
The grade of the ore from which gold is to be recovered will determine how much of it must be processed to recover that ounce of gold. There is a broad variation, but there is plenty of gold in ores that is dispersed so widely that it is not economical to attempt commercial recovery. In an additional note, gold exists in veins within ores, and is not chemically combined with other elements within that ore. Mines that are probably considered marginal yield something on the order of 4 to 6 grams of gold per ton of ore, and you can do some simple math from there (perhaps using 5 grams/ton) to discover an answer for the stated grade of ore. There are just over 30 grams in a Troy ounce, and at 5 grams/ton, you're looking at 30 divided by 5 or 6 tons of ore to recover that (Troy) ounce of gold from ore with a grade of 5 grams/ton. If you have 6 tons of ore, that's a lot of ore, and you have a lot of hard work ahead of you if want the ounce of gold disbursed in it. It will take time and energy to win the metal, and it might be as cheap to buy the gold as to recover it from the ore. But we'll leave it for you to do the math after you get an assay.
4g
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
The concentration of gold varies from place to place. However, usually you can expect a ton of rock to have almost no gold.
One ton of gold is worth about $28,412,800. Gold is extremely valuable and does not lose its value. The American currency is backed up by gold.
17tons
1 ounce
One ton of river rock will comprise a volume of rock. How much area that covers depends on what depth it is covered to.
One metric ton of the fairy's gold.
A ton of paper. Any ton is heavier than a pound. One ton is equal to twenty-thosand pounds, whether is paper, or anything else.
Today (June 16, 2009) gold is selling at $934.88 (US Dollars) per ounce. At that price: An imperial short ton of ,gold would be worth: $29,916,160 (USD) A metric ton of gold would be worth: $32,976,919 (USD).