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Mule Canyon Mine

Plant in Lander 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. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270723
MAS/MILS ID 0320150002
Record type Site
Current site name Mule Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Tree Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.72593, 40.5513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 047 E 18 C Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION 3 MILES SOUTH EAST OF MULE CANYON ON USGS MULE CANYON TOPO MAP 7.5 MIN IN SECTION 18. PART OF THE LONE TREE COMPLEX: INCLUDES LONE TREE MINE: TRENTON CANYON: AND LONE TREE FLOTATION PLANT PROJECT:

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.72593, 40.5513
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1986
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1996
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1996

Comments on the production information

  • SEE MAS FILE SEQ #0320130514, LONE TREE MINE FOR COMBINED PRODUCTION DATA:

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 9074000mt ore
    Demonstrated 9074000mt ore
    Total resources 9074000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.7 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 5244000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5244000mt ore
    Total resources 5244000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.97 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 3830000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3830000mt ore
    Total resources 3830000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.99 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Measured 8151000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8151000mt ore
    Total resources 8151000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.83 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 8090000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.84 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 6350000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.16 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 14440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.1 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES + MEASURED + INDICATED MINERALIZED MATERIAL, 12/31/96, WT AVG GRADE, ADIT CAPACITY UNK: SEE COMBINED ADIT CAPACITY IN LONE TREE MAS FILE SEQ #0320130514:

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

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINING WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AT EXPECTED MINING RATE OF 11M MT/YR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P 18.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P260.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORP., 1995 FORM 10-K PP. 17-18.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 10-K, PP. 5, 7, 13.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P213.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, OCT, 1996, #688, P18.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PAYDIRT, #691, JAN. 1997, P13.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #50, DEC., 11, 1996, P5.

  • Deposit

    SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORP., NEWS RELEASE, OCT 30, 1996.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT., 1996, PP. 30-43.

  • Deposit

    PR NEWSWIRE, OCT., 30, 1996, P1.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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