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Rosebud Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222196
MRDS ID M055453
MAS/MILS ID 0320270781
Record type Site
Current site name Rosebud Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosebud, Rosebud Property, Rosebud Project, Rosebud Area Prospects
Related records 10040612, 10150629

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.66269, 40.81238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1651
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 029 E 13 E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.66269, 40.81238
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1988
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1997
Milling method Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1996
    First year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1997
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Silver Production, 1997 550000 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 17106914.55g
  • Year 1997
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Gold Production, 1997 90000 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2799313.29g
  • Year 1997
    Description Grade At 0.458 Opt Au/2.4 Opt Ag Ave Grade
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 76g/mt
  • Year 1997
    Description Ore Production, Daily 750 St/Day

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 1796226mt ore
    Total resources 1796226mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.91 g/mt Gold Major 1994
    Silver Ag 68.57 g/mt Silver Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 1799855mt ore
    Demonstrated 1799855mt ore
    Total resources 1799855mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.8457 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 62.057 g/mt Silver Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 1488690mt ore
    Demonstrated 1488690mt ore
    Total resources 1488690mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.2057 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 77.1428 g/mt Silver Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Measured 1078643mt ore
    Demonstrated 1078643mt ore
    Total resources 1078643mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 15.4971 g/mt Gold Major 1996
    Silver Ag 94.857 g/mt Silver Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 1158000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 13.44 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 363000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.81 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 1521000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.57 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; 12/31/96. PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE + MEASURED + INDICATED MINERALIZED MATERIAL: MINE START UP BY 1997, AT A PRODUCTION OF 10,000 T OZ/YR EST. CAPACITY ESTIMATED AT 750 ST/D = 270,000 ST/YR (248,000 MT/YR)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRESS RELEASE. "HECLA'S ROSEBUD MINE BEGINS PRODUCTION--

  • Deposit

    AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND UNDER BUDGET". 4/23/97. 1P.

  • Ownership

    HECLA, 1993 & 1994, FORM 10-K'S & ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Ownership

    HECLA NEWS RELEASE, 9-10-96.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HECLA, 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P6.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HECLA, 1994 FORM 10-K, P17, & ANNUAL REPORT, P21.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HECLA, 1995 FORM 10-K, P24, & ANNUAL REPORT, P20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SANTA FE PACIFIC CORP., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 5, 7, 22.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, MINERALS IN THE EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY

  • Deposit

    AREA, HUMBOLDT, PERSHING, AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NV,

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 7-93, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    HECLA, 1993 FORM 10-K, PP. 1, 25.

  • Deposit

    HECLA, 1995 FORM 10-K, PP. 1, 2, 22, 23, 24.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P346.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P268.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P122.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 105, #12, MAR. 12, 1994, P.6.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG., 21, 1996, PP. 1, 6.

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT. "HECLA, SFPG FINALIZE DEAL ON ROSEBUD DEVELOP-

  • Deposit

    MENT". SEPT, 1996. P.31.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #38, SEPT., 11, 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, SEPT. 20, 1996, P222, "COMING UP

  • Deposit

    ROSES".

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P19.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT., 1996, PP. 39-43.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, VOL 86, #19, MAY 10, 1997, P12.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, VOL 49, #6, JUNE 1997, 12.

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT, MAY 97, #695, P14.

  • Deposit

    NORTH AMERICAN MINING, V1, #5, JUNE 1997, P20.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P6.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 7/96, P50.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL, 9/20/96, P 222.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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