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Mahoma

Prospect in San Jose, Uruguay with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304164
MAS/MILS ID 3550800001
Record type Site
Current site name Mahoma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -56.91583, -34.1641 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay San Jose

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -56.91583, -34.1641
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lac Minerals
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993
    Last year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Resource Corp., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1993
    First year 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COMPANIA MINERA SAN JOSE IS OWNED BY BOND INTERNATIONAL GOLD WHICH IS 65% OWNED BY LAC MINERALS. COMPANY HAS RECEIVED THE LEASE TO AUTHORIZE MINING AT THE SITE. FEASIBILITY STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND PRODUCTION DECISION PENDING. PROJECT WILL COMPRISE A SERIES OF OPEN PITS FOLLOWED LATER BY UG MINING. INITIAL PROD. CAP. PLANNED TO BE 300 MTPD TO PRODUCE 30,000 OZ AU PER YEAR. CURRENT RESERVES ARE 330,000 MT AT 8.9 G/MT AU (DILUTED).
  • SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW 9/23/89, P. 3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "MAHOMA MINE", MAR 1993, P. 105.

  • Ownership

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, "ARC PROGRESS, FIRST GOLD POUR

  • Ownership

    AT MAHOMA", 12 MAR 1993, P. 7.

  • Ownership

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, "URUGUAY", MAR 1993, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARBON-IN-LEACH PLANT INSTALLED MARCH 1993, WAS PREVIOUSLY USED IN AUSTRALIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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