What is the value of mercury used for gold panning?
Value of liquid mercury, in ounces or pounds
Answer
Mercury is being ban or in the process of being ban in lots of countries due to its high toxicity. it produces, cancer, poisoning similar to lead poisoning, etc. so avoid using it.
the price ranges from $200 to $600 per flask. here i found some links:
http://www.recycle.net/metal-e/hg/xv065000.html
liquid mercury scrap - hg mercury, lot of 10 lbs. 99.95% pure. this is laboratory grade mercury in original factory packaging, glass bottle in cardboard box the only retail price we coud find was $342.00 per 5 pound container.
http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?id=1306&type=document#search=%22liquid%20mercury%20market%20price%22