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Haile Mine

Plant in Lancaster county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10226491
MRDS ID W101981
MAS/MILS ID 0450570013
Record type Site
Current site name Haile Mine
Related records 10084589

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -80.5442, 34.58012 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kershaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynches(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Gold Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Topaz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -80.5442, 34.58012
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 51HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Total Surface Area (HA) 51
    Date of Last Modification 970625

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1827
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1829
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amax Gold, Inc.
    Interest 62.5
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kershaw Gold Co., Inc. (Sub Of Piedmont Mining Co.)
    Interest 37.5
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Piedmont Mining Co. Inc. (Ownes Kershaw Gold Co., Inc)
    Interest 100
    Home office South Carolina
    Year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1985
    Description Kg Of Gold Per Year 171 Kg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 171000g
  • Year 1986
    Description Kg Of Gold Per Year 352 Kg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 352000g
  • Year 1987
    Description Kg Of Gold Per Year 244 Kg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 244000g
  • Year 1988
    Description Kg Of Gold Per Year 358 Kg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 358000g
  • Year 1989
    Description Kg Of Gold Per Year 467 Kg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 467000g
  • Year 1990
    Description Gold Production 1998 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 62144.75g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 6169000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6169000mt ore
    Total resources 6169000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.46 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 7925000mt ore
    Total resources 7925000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 1.33 g/mt Silver Major 1994
    Gold Au 3.05 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 7925166mt ore
    Total resources 7925166mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 1.33 g/mt Silver Major 1997
    Gold Au 3.05 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES; NO CHANGE SINCE 05/94; SILVER GRADE DATA NOT REFERENCED; NOT IN 12/31/96 SOURCE: HEAP LEACH OPERATION SHUT DOWN 1991. EXPL. OF SULFIDE ORE BEING CONDUCTED, SINCE 1992;
  • ASSUMED CALCULATED INFERRED RESERVES AS OF JAN 1990. RESERVES ARE REMAINING MINABLE RESERVES AS OF JAN 1990. THE 50 AND LESS PERCENT PROBABILITY ASSUMES TOTAL REMAINING INFERRED RESERVES, CONTAINING 2.06 G/MT AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 40HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 57.7
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 3
    Capacity 1361
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.74
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1990

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE AU-AG DORE IS SHIPPED TO ATTLEBORO, MASS. AND 80 PERCENT STAYS IN THE US AND 20 PERCENT IS SHIPPED TO SWITZERLAND.
  • ALL MINING EQUIPMENT (EXCEPT CRUSHERS, STACKERS) BELONG TO MINCO, THE MINING CONTRACTOR.
  • MINE LABOR COST IS INCLUDED IN THE PER TON CHARGE TO THE CO BY MINCO. WAGES WERE TAKEN FROM AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN NEWS ERA NEWSPAPER, IN KERSHAW, S.C., ON SEPT. 21, 1988, UNDER THE TITLE "PIEDMONT MINING INCREASES PRODUCTION".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMAX GOLD INC., 1992 FORM 10-K, MAY 1993.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PIEDMONT MINING CO MARKING SECOND YEAR OF OPERATIONS AT

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAILE MINE, ONLY GOLD PRODUCER IN SOUTHEASTERN US.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMAX GOLD INCORPORATED, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMAX GOLD INC. 1996 ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10-K, P10.

  • Deposit

    AGLOMERATING GOLD ORES AT THE HAILE GOLD MINE. MINING ENGI-

  • Deposit

    NEERING, JUNE 1988.

  • Deposit

    PIEDMONT'S HAILE GOLD MINE HAS LARGE EXPLORATION POTENTIAL.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, FEB. 20, 1989.

  • Deposit

    PIEDMONT MINING INCREASES PRODUCTION. NEWS ERA KERSHAW SC.

  • Deposit

    SEPT. 21, 1988.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996-97, P.298.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, JUNE 28, 1986.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD (DENVER, CO) WED, MAY 18, 1994, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, WORLDWIDE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATE-

  • Deposit

    STAGE GOLD PROJECTS, V. 1, 2/92, P. 40. (CONSULTANT STUDY)

  • Deposit

    AMAX GOLD INC., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P3.

  • Deposit

    AMAX GOLD INC. FORM 10-K, PP. 9, 10.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P298.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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