The Barneys Canyon is a gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,594 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,594 Feet (2,010 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.5992, -112.13810
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Barneys Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barneys Canyon
Secondary: Barneys Canyon Mine
Secondary: Melco Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: West Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: State Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Corp. (Sub Of Rtz)
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Rtz Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: United Kingdom
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -
Production
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 63000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Treated 2173000 Mt/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 92000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 93000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Produced 107000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Produced 116000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Produced 3794 Kg/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Barneys-Melco Ore Production 2089500 Mt Ore
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Produced 4292 Kg/Yr
Year: 1989
Description: Barneys-Melco Ore Production 880000 Mt Ore
Year: 1989
Description: Gold Produced 579600 Kg/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Treated 2170000 Mt/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1989
Discovery Year: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Economic Factors): BARNEYS CANYON GOLD PROJECT CONSISTS OF 2 SURFACE MINES: BARNEYS CANYON (WHOSE LOCATION IS GIVEN ON MILS PAGE) AND MELCO LOCATED IN EAST HALF OF SEC. 3, T3S, R3W, SALT LAKE P. M. MINE IS ABOUT 2.4 KM SW OF BARNEYS CANYON MINE. RESERVE AS OF 12/31/96: HEAP LEACHING OPERATION; STARTUP 1989; ANNUAL GOLD OUTPUT LEVEL 75,000 TR OZ/YR. MELCO WILL RESUME OPERATING IN 1992, WHEN 2,450,000 MT OF WASTE WILL BE STRIPPED. IN 1993, ORE AND WASTE WILL BE MINED. WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY CONTRACTOR UNTIL 1994, WHEN KENNECOTT WILL SHIFT THEIR MINE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT TO THE MELCO PIT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BARNEYS CANYON GOLD PROJECT CONSISTS OF 2 SURFACE MINES: BARNEYS CANYON (WHOSE LOCATION IS GIVEN ON MILS PAGE) AND MELCO LOCATED IN EAST HALF OF SEC. 3, T3S, R3W, SALT LAKE P. M. MINE IS ABOUT 2.4 KM SW OF BARNEYS CANYON MINE. RESERVE AS OF 12/31/96: HEAP LEACHING OPERATION; STARTUP 1989; ANNUAL GOLD OUTPUT LEVEL 75,000 TR OZ/YR.
Comment (Deposit): BARNEYS CANYON GOLD PROJECT CONSISTS OF 2 SURFACE MINES: BARNEYS CANYON (WHOSE LOCATION IS GIVEN ON MILS PAGE) AND MELCO LOCATED IN EAST HALF OF SEC. 3, T3S, R3W, SALT LAKE P. M. MINE IS ABOUT 2.4 KM SW OF BARNEYS CANYON MINE.
Comment (Workings): ALL DATA WERE ESTIMATED FROM USBM FILES. MINE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 1.5 YEARS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BARNEYS CANYON MINE RESERVES MELCO MINE RESERVES LEAN-ORE STOCKPILE RESERVES M4C1=M1C1+M2C1. M9C4=M4C1. MATRIX 4 IS COMBINED RESERVES OF BARNEYS CANYON AND MELCO MINES. M9C5=M3C1.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RTZ CORPORATION 1994 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20F, P.13.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1990, PP. 41-50.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): FEB. 26 - MARCH 1, 1990; HAUSEN, D. M., ET AL, EDS.,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF THE AIME GOLD '90 SYMPOSIUM, SALT LAKE CITY, UT,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH. GOLD '90 PROCEEDINGS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GUNTER, W. L. GEOLOGY OF THE BARNEYS CANYON AND MELCO
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RTZ CORP SEC FORM 20-F, DEC 31, 1993, P. 12.
Reference (Production): RTZ CORPORATION 1995 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20F, PP. 12, 27.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1993, P.109.
Reference (Production): RTZ CORPORATION 1994 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20F, P21.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RTZ-CRA CORP. 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, ON FORM 20-F, P17.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 20-K, P16.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RTZ CORPORATION PLC CRA LIMITED, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM
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