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Yellow Aster Mine

Plant in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285403
MRDS ID W024008
MAS/MILS ID 0060290374
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Aster Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Aster, Olympus, Rand Mine Co, Randsburg Gold Project
Related records 10285173, 10110771

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.6628, 35.35689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 S 040 E 02 N2S2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.6628, 35.35689
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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 1895
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1990
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glamis Gold Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Rand Mining Co.
    ID 0404752
    Home office California
    Year 1996

Comments on the ownership information

  • PROPERTY IS A JOINT VENTURE WITH GLAMIS GOLD, INC. (JUNIOR PARTNER) & RAND MINING COMPANY.

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Description 105,752 G/Au 236774 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 236774mt
  • Year 1988
    Description 113,440, G/Au 304096 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 304096mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 633,950 G/Au 1454436 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1454436mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 570,344 G/Au 1228322 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1228322mt
  • Year 1991
    Description 1,159,723 G/Au 2012593 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 2012593mt
  • Year 1992
    Description 1,372,346 G/Au 2639331 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 2639331mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Gold Production (Fy92) (07/91-06/92) 44122 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1372347.78g
  • Year 1993
    Description Gold Production (Fy93) (07/92-06/93) 49888 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1551690.46g
  • Year 1994
    Description Gold Production (Fy94) (07/93-06/94) 41297 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1284480.45g
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production (Fy95) (07/94-06/95) 31122 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 968002.53g

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 19,964 OZ AU FROM HEAP LEACHING 1,037,000 MT ORE IN 1989.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 21277907mt ore
    Total resources 21277907mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.75 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 27351000mt ore
    Total resources 27351000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.71 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 25991000mt ore
    Indicated 3604000mt ore
    Demonstrated 29595000mt ore
    Total resources 29595000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.81 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 31292000mt ore
    Indicated 2638000mt ore
    Demonstrated 33930000mt ore
    Total resources 33930000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.79 g/mt Gold Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF DEC. 1995 YELLOW ASTER MINE RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION WERE COMBINED WITH THE BALTIC MINE UNDER THE RAND MINE SEE MAS SEQ 00602901321.

Comments on the workings information

  • N AREA DISTRICT, TAILS IS SUBSTITUTED FOR HEAP LEACH PAD. (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?). AU IN TAILS < 0.005 OZ/ST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K.

  • Ownership

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FORM 10-K.

  • Ownership

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 12/31/95 FORM 10-K.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1993 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K, P.12.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K, PP. 12, 28.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FORM 10-K, PP. 13, 30.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 95, 1925, P. 121-125.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 128-

  • Deposit

    130.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1992/93.

  • Deposit

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD. 1992 ANNUAL REPORT. 1993, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES. RAND MINING COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    YELLOW ASTER MINE EXPANSION PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    ASSESSMENT EA 065-90-116, 1990, 70 PP.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES. RAND MINING COMPANY

  • Deposit

    BALTIC MINE PROJECT. AMENDED PLAN OF OPERATIONS. 1991, 38PP.

  • Deposit

    BALTIC MINE PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CA

  • Deposit

    065-EIS-91-047, 1992.

  • Deposit

    ELY, MARION F. MINING AND RECLAMATION PLAN, YELLOW ASTER

  • Deposit

    MINE. UNPUBL. REP., 1989, 27 PP. JUNE 1991.

  • Deposit

    FORBUSH, DAN. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, (MINE RESERVES),

  • Deposit

    AUGUST, 1993.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V107 N34, 8-21-96, P.7

  • Deposit

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FROM 10-K, PP. 13, 30.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/17/2007
MSHA mine ID0404752
Mine name (MSHA)Rand Mine
Current operatorGlamis Rand Mining Co
Current controller (parent)Glamis Gold Ltd
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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