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Rawhide Denton/Rawhide

Plant in Mineral 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125681
MRDS ID W016386
MAS/MILS ID 0320210223
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide Denton/Rawhide
Alternate or previous names Rawhide, Poor Boy, Rawhide Victor, Seminole-Regent, Bullskin Mountain 1, Silver Zone, Denton-Rawhide, Rawhide-Regent, Morning Star, Mascot, Bethania
Related records 10072140, 10198182, 10310397

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.39406, 39.02071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 032 E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OPERATION COVERS AREA ALSO IN SEC 21, 28, 29, AND 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.39406, 39.02071
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 215M
    Length 2440M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 920702

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1970
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1990
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Regent

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rtz-Cra Corp.
    Interest 51
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kinross Gold Corp.
    Interest 49
    Home office Utah
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co. (Sub Of Rtz Corp.)
    ID 2601030
    Home office Utah
    Year 1996
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1994
    First year 1990
    Last year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Plexus Resources Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1993
    First year 1992
    Last year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kiewit Mining Group Inc.
    Interest 22.5
    Home office Nebraska
    Year 1990
    First year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • KINROS GOLD CORP. WAS FORMED FROM THE AMALGMATION OF PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP., CMP RESOURCES LTD. & 1021105 ONTARIO CORP. IN MAY OF 1993.

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Silver Production 779 Kg/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 779000g
  • Year 1990
    Description Gold Production 136 Kg/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 136000g
  • Year 1991
    Description Silver Production 15325 Kg/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 15325000g
  • Year 1991
    Description Gold Production 2194 Kg/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2194000g
  • Year 1993
    Description Gold Production 102000 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3172555.06g
  • Year 1994
    Description Gold Production 120361 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3743646.07g
  • Year 1994
    Description Silver Production 978000 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 30419204.41g
  • Year 1995
    Description Ore Treated 4837000 Mt/Yr
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production 121000 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3763521.2g
  • Year 1995
    Description Silver Production 982000 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 30543618.34g
  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Treated 5296000 Mt/Yr
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold Proeuction 127000 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3950142.08g
  • Year 1996
    Description Silver Produced 1088000 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 33840587.32g

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL POD-LIKE ORE ZONES OCCUR WITHIN A NW-TRENDING AREA 2440 M LONG BY 400 M WIDE. VEINS STRIKE N-NE, AND ORE ZONES ARE ELONGATE TO THE NW. EXPECTED ANNUAL PRODUCTION LEVEL OF 180,000 TR OZ/YR GOLD.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 33300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 33300000mt ore
    Total resources 33300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.96 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 11.51 g/mt Silver Minor 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 9936000mt ore
    Demonstrated 9936000mt ore
    Total resources 9936000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.93 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 11.15 g/mt Silver Minor 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 35516000mt ore
    Total resources 35516000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.84 g/mt Gold Major 1996
    Silver Ag 10.8 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 48220408mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.72 g/mt Gold Major 1997
    Silver Ag 9.67 g/mt Silver Minor 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "R" RECORD 4; FORM BOTH SOURCES IN "R" BIBLIG 006, 007; SILVER GRADE FORM KINROSS DATA.
  • HEAP LEACH OPERATION; START UP 1990; TOTAL PROV+PROB ORE; INPL- -MINB-DIULT 12/31/96: SILVER GRADE FORM KINROSS DATA:

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 450HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 1.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 0
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7.6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 7270
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.33
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on the workings information

  • DATA COMPILED FROM USBM FILES AND COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    RTZ-CRA, FACT BOOK 1997, "MINERALS AND METALS FOR THE WORLD"

  • Reserve-Resource

    RTZ CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 20F, P13.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE RTZ CORP. PCL CRA LIMITED, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM

  • Reserve-Resource

    20-F, P16.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1995, FORM 40-F, P6.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORTAION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1, 22, 23.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RTZ-CRA 1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F, P17.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT. 2, 1962, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.5, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    MERRIL YOST, PARTNER PO BOX 1085,FALLON, NV 89406

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY. THE NEVADA MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY 1981: SPL PUB MI-1981, 1982, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 19.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE RAWHIDE AU-AG DEPOSIT,

  • Deposit

    MINERAL COUNTY, NV. IN "GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    GREAT BASIN", SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, PUBLISHED BY GEOL. SOC.

  • Deposit

    OF NEVADA, RENO, NEVADA, 1991, VOL. 2, P. 1123-1144.

  • Deposit

    PLEXUS RESOURCES INC., ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1990, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY FOR 1990/1991, P. 208-209.

  • Deposit

    RAWHIDE MINING CO. PLAN OF OPERATIONS, JAN. 1986, 50 PP.

  • Deposit

    RAWHIDE MINING CO. WELCOME TO DENTON-RAWHIDE MINE, 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    SEG NEWSLETTER, SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS, NO. 5,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1991, P. 15.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, PP. 240, 241.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 13, 27.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106,#10, MARCH 8, 1995, P4.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG., 21, 1996, P17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL POD-LIKE ORE ZONES OCCUR WITHIN A NW-TRENDING AREA 2440 M LONG BY 400 M WIDE. VEINS STRIKE N-NE, AND ORE ZONES ARE ELONGATE TO THE NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 09/25/2011
MSHA mine ID2601030
Mine name (MSHA)Walker Lane Mining LLC (Rawhide)
Current operatorWalker Lane Mining LLC
Current controller (parent)Risher Randall III
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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