Escalante

Site Name

Primary: Escalante
Secondary: Holt Property

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Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

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Location

State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Escalante District

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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.

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Holdings

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Hecla Mining Co. 6500 Mineral Dr, Coeur D'Alene,Id 83814
Company ID: 4201613
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1993

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Production

Year: 1990
Description: 26,127 Kgs Ag Recovered - Stockpile Ore 167000 Mt Milled -Stockpiled Ore
Year: 1989
Description: 50,605 Kgs Ag Recovered - Stockpile Ore 292180 Mt Milled -Stockpiled Ore
Year: 1988
Description: 56,956 Kgs Ag Recovered - 276000 Mt Milled
Year: 1987
Description: 70,076 Kgs Ag Recovered 266800 Mt Milled
Year: 1986
Description: 70,759 Kgs Ag Recovered 277340 Mt Milled
Year: 1985
Description: 75,862 Kgs Ag Recovered 269380 Mt Milled
Year: 1984
Description: 69,542 Kgs Ag Recovered 259960 Mt Milled
Year: 1983
Description: 69,906 Kgs Ag Recovered 258380 Mt Milled
Year: 1982
Description: 66,032 Kgs Ag Recovered 249150 Mt Milled
Year: 1981
Description: 3,421 Kgs Ag Recovered 13600 Mt Milled

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1982
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Embolite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Acanthite

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Comments

Comment (Geology): MILL PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JULY 1990 HOST ROCKS ENCLOSING VEIN CONSIST OF BEDDED AND REWORKED TUFF, ASH DEPOSITS OVERLAIN BY MUDFLOWS AND EXTENSIVE BRECCIAS OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION (RHYOLITE).

Comment (Ownership): MILL PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JULY 1990 HOST ROCKS ENCLOSING VEIN CONSIST OF BEDDED AND REWORKED TUFF, ASH DEPOSITS OVERLAIN BY MUDFLOWS AND EXTENSIVE BRECCIAS OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION (RHYOLITE). HECLA MINING CO. ACQUIRED RANCHERS EXPLORATION FOR $200.8 MILLION STOCK EXCHANGE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MILL PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JULY 1990 HOST ROCKS ENCLOSING VEIN CONSIST OF BEDDED AND REWORKED TUFF, ASH DEPOSITS OVERLAIN BY MUDFLOWS AND EXTENSIVE BRECCIAS OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION (RHYOLITE). HECLA MINING CO. ACQUIRED RANCHERS EXPLORATION FOR $200.8 MILLION STOCK EXCHANGE ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED 12/30/88. STOCKPILED ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED 7/90.

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JULY 1990 HOST ROCKS ENCLOSING VEIN CONSIST OF BEDDED AND REWORKED TUFF, ASH DEPOSITS OVERLAIN BY MUDFLOWS AND EXTENSIVE BRECCIAS OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION (RHYOLITE). HECLA MINING CO. ACQUIRED RANCHERS EXPLORATION FOR $200.8 MILLION STOCK EXCHANGE ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED 12/30/88. STOCKPILED ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED 7/90. TRANSPORTAION COST INCLUDED IN MINE OPERATING COST. MILL LOCATED NEXT TO MINE PORTAL. AG DORE SOLD FOB TO DIFFERENT METAL BUYERS AND REFINERIES.

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JULY 1990 HOST ROCKS ENCLOSING VEIN CONSIST OF BEDDED AND REWORKED TUFF, ASH DEPOSITS OVERLAIN BY MUDFLOWS AND EXTENSIVE BRECCIAS OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION (RHYOLITE). HECLA MINING CO. ACQUIRED RANCHERS EXPLORATION FOR $200.8 MILLION STOCK EXCHANGE ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED 12/30/88. STOCKPILED ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED 7/90. TRANSPORTAION COST INCLUDED IN MINE OPERATING COST. MILL LOCATED NEXT TO MINE PORTAL. AG DORE SOLD FOB TO DIFFERENT METAL BUYERS AND REFINERIES. THE TYPE OF MINING METHOD IS MODIFIED VCR (END SLICING). UNGR MIN REC U2 TAKES PLACE IN 1986 - 1990 WHEN MINE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED AND ONLY PRODUCTION OCCURS. NO WASTE IS MINED AFTER 1985. MINE IS KEPT DEWATERED BY 5 WELLS THAT PUMP FROM 91 UP TO 151 CU METERS/MINUTE FROM THE MINE AND DISCHARGE WATER INTO CANAL THAT TRANSFERS WATER INTO THE NEIGHBORING SHOAL CREEK AND SURROUNDING LAND IN ORDER TO RECHARGE THE NATURAL AQUIFER. MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED ON DEC 30, 1988

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY UPDATED JUL 1990.

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY UPDATED 1990. MINE DEWATERING HAS DRAWN DOWN NATURAL AQUIFER IN SURROUNDING FARM LANDS. HOWEVER, RECHARGE PROGRAM SHOULD ADEQUATELY RAISE WATER TABLES ON SURROUNDING FARM LANDS.

Comment (Economic Factors): PROPERTY UPDATED IN JUL 1990. MINE DEWATERING HAS DRAWN DOWN NATURAL AQUIFER IN SURROUNDING FARM LANDS. HOWEVER, RECHARGE PROGRAM SHOULD ADEQUATELY RAISE WATER TABLES ON SURROUNDING FARM LANDS. MINE DILUTION IS 9%

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JULY 1990

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References

Reference (Workings): HOGAN, DAVID K, ET AL. ESCALANTE: MAJOR SILVER MINE NEARS

Reference (Workings): MINING ASS. SHORTCOURSE, SPOKANE, WA, NOV 28-30, 1983, 9PP

Reference (Workings): AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF 5 NEW GOLD AND SILVER MINES. NW

Reference (Workings): HAHNE, EDWARD H. DEWATERING OF THE ESCALANTE SILVER MINE.

Reference (Workings): DALLAS, TEXAS, FEB 4, 1983. PP. 229-257.

Reference (Workings): SIVES AND BLASTING TECH. BY SOC. EXPLOSIVES ENGINEERS,

Reference (Workings): AT THE ESCALANTE SILVER MINE. 9TH ANN. CONF. ON EXPLO-

Reference (Workings): CATBAGAN, EDDIE L. PRODUCTION DRILLING AND BLASTING TECH.

Reference (Workings): DEPOSIT. ENG & MIN JOURNAL, JAN 1984, PP. 48-51, 53.

Reference (Workings): BURGER, JOHN R. RANCHERS, END SLICES ESCALANTE SILVER

Reference (Workings): SHORTCOURSE, SPOKANE, WA, NOV 28-30, 1983, 11 PP.

Reference (Workings): 5 NEW GOLD AND SILVER MINES. NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION

Reference (Workings): TION AT THE ESCALANTE SILVER MINE. AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF

Reference (Workings): ANDERSON, MICHAEL C. DEVELOPMENT AND MINING METHOD EVALUA-

Reference (Workings): SPOKANE, WA., NOV 28-30, 1983, 10 PP.

Reference (Workings): GOLD AND SILVER MINES. NW MINING ASS. SHORTCOURSE,

Reference (Workings): ESCALANTE SILVER MINE. AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF FIVE NEW

Reference (Workings): LEDING, JOHN M. MINE PRODUCTION AND MINING COSTS AT THE

Reference (Workings): PP. 1323-7.

Reference (Workings): 1ST YEAR OF FULL OPERATION, MINING ENG. MAG. SEP 1982.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HECLA MINING CO. 1986 SEC FORM 10-K, P. 8.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENDING JUNE 30, 1982. P. 3.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANCHERS EXPLORATION AND DEVEL. SEC FORM 10-K FOR YEAR

Reference (Production): WA, NOV 28-30, 1983, 9 PP.

Reference (Production): GOLD AND SILVER MINES. NW MIN. ASS. SHORTCOURSE, SPOKANE,

Reference (Production): AT THE ESCALANTE SILVER MINE. AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF 5 NEW

Reference (Production): VAN DYK, DEAN AND SCOTT N. HARTMAN, MILLING PRACTICES

Reference (Production): PREPRINT NO. 83-333, OCT 19-21, 1983, 17 PP.

Reference (Production): APPROACH AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. SOC. MIN. ENG. (AIME)

Reference (Production): SCHEFFEL, RANDOLPH E. ESCALANTE SILVER MILL: PROJECT

Reference (Geology): WASHINGTON. NOV 28-30, 1983, 9 PP.

Reference (Geology): MINES. NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION SHORTCOURSE, SPOKANE,

Reference (Geology): SILVER MINE. AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF 5 NEW GOLD AND SILVER

Reference (Geology): HARLIN, TANORA T. INTRODUCTION AND GEOLOGY OF ESCALANTE

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