Candelaria Mine

Site Name

Primary: Candelaria Mine
Secondary: Candelaria Partners Mine and Plant
Secondary: Pit Names:
Secondary: Lucky Hill
Secondary: Mount Diablo
Secondary: Northern Belle 0320210372

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Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria District

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Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Surface

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Ownership

Owner Name: Kinross Gold Corp.
Company ID: 2600419
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1994 -

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Production

Year: 1996
Description: Gold 15030 Tr Oz
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Milled 3929990 Mt
Year: 1996
Description: Silver 3862000 Tr Oz
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Milled 3321000 Mt
Year: 1995
Description: Silver 2845000 T Oz
Year: 1995
Description: Gold 10649 Tr Oz
Year: 1994
Description: Silver 110000 Kg/Mt
Year: 1994
Description: Gold 434 Kg/Mt
Year: 1991
Description: Gold 2870 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Silver 1697260 Oz
Year: 1984
Description: Ore Production 2268000 Tonnes Ore/Year
Year: 1984
Description: Silver Production 83970 Kg Silver/Year
Year: 1983
Description: Ore Production 1793000 Tonnes Ore/Year
Year: 1983
Description: Silver Production 46650 Kg Silver/Year
Year: 1982
Description: 90 Mg Ag/Mt And 0.28 Gm Au/Mt Ore 646000 Tonnes Ore/Year
Year: 1982
Description: Silver Production 33970 Kg Silver/Year
Year: 1981
Description: 90 Gm Ag/Mt And .28 Gm Au/Mt Ore 1534000 Tonnes Ore/Year
Year: 1980
Description: 90 Gm Ag/Mt And .28 Gm Au/Mt Ore 1086000 Tonnes Ore/Year
Year: 1997
Description: Gold Expected Production 12000 Tr Oz
Year: 1997
Description: Silver Expected Production 3000000 Tr Oz

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

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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: Jamesonite
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Chalcopyrite

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Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL: ON-SITE,ACTIVE,7300 T/D LEACH FACILITY

Comment (Production): PLANT THROUGHPUT IS RATED AT 1,814,000 MTPY BUT ADDITIONAL WORKING SHIFTS COULD BE USED TO INCREASE THIS THROUGHPUT. OPERATIONS TYPICALLY PROCEED ON THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: PRIMARY CRUSHING 1-2SHIFTS/DAY, 5DAYS/WEEK SECONDARY CRUSHING, 2-3SHIFTS/DAY, 5 DAYS/WEEK AGGLOMERATION, TRUCK LOADOUT AND HEAP CONSTRUCTION LEACHING AND MERRILL- 3 SHIFTS/DAY, 7 DAYS/WEEK CROWE PRECIPITATION PLANT SILVER REFINERY 1 SHIFT/DAY 5 DAYS/WEEK

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS FINELY DIVIDED SILVER WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF GOLD. OVER 22 DIFFERENT SILVER MINERALS HAVE BEEN IDENFIFIED BY OCCIDENTAL GEOLOGISTS. MUCH OF THE SILVER IS ENCAPSULATED IN SILICA. FEW CLAYS ARE PRESENT AND VERY LITTLE MERCURY EXISTS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1995 FORM 40-F, P. 15. 1995: ON 8/27/96, PHONED BILL HOFER AT MINE: MINE HAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS LEFT. THE "DEEP DIABLO ZONE" IS POTENTIAL UG MINE, BUT ECONOMICS ARE NOT GOOD AND CANDELARIA METALLURGY IS NOT GOOD. FEB. 1997: PHONED GENERAL MANAGER AT MINE, JEFF BUTWELL, WHO SAID THERE WERE A FEW MILLION TONS UNDERGROUND THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND MINE UNDERGROUND AT $8/OZ. 4/97: FROM 1996 AR, MINE SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED MAY 1997. RECOVERY OF METAL FROM LEACH PAD NO. 2 WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT GREATLY REDUCED OVERALL OPERATING COSTS. INDICATED RESOURCES INCLUDE 9,777,000 MT OF "DRILL INDICATED" RESOURCES, AVERAGING 0.15G/MT AU, AND 144.44G/MT AG; THESE INCLUDE "DRILL INDICATED RESOURCES," "UNMINED (GREEN NICK DEPOSIT)," AND TWO LOW-GRADE STOCKPILES. FEB. 1997: RESOURCES ARE REMAINING RESERVES AS OF 12/31/96 (1,800,000 ST) + "A FEW MILLION TONS UNGERGROUND" (FROM THE GEN. MGR.) = 1.8 + 3 = 4.8MST = 4.4MMT. GRADES REPORTED ARE THE GRADES OF THE 1.8MST RESERVES: AG-52.87 G/ST; AU-0.2 G/ST. SEE THE "ANNUAL STATUS AND PRODUCTION REPORT" PREPARED BY CANDELARIA FOR THE NEVADA DIV. OF MINERALS, JAN. 15, 1997. THIS INFORMATION SEEMS TO DIVERGE QUITE A BIT FROM THE KINROSS 1996 ANNUAL REPORT:

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION: INITIAL; AUG.,1980- JUNE,1982, BY OCCIDENTAL; LAST; AUG.,1983,ONGOING BY NERCO; PAST; 8389 KG AG 1980, 52100 KG AG & 280 KG AU 1981; ANNUAL; APPROXIMATELY 53000 KG AG & 280 KG AU APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

Comment (Environmental Factors): HEAP NEUTRALIZATION BY RINSING BECAUSE PRECIPITATION IS GREATER THAN EVAPORATION. DO NOT EXPECT METEORIC WATER TO PASS THROUGH PADS AFTER CLOSURE.

Comment (Geology): A DEEPER ORE BODY OF MASSIVE SULFIDES HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED. THE ORE BODIES OCCUR IN AN EAST TRENDING VEIN SYSTEM THAT GENERALLY PARALLELS THE BEDDING IN THE SHALE OF THE CANDEL- ARIA. THE ORE BODY IS ELONGATE IN SHAPE, AND IS CONFINED TO THE CHERTY FELSITE AND ARGILLITE OF THE LOWER PART OF THE CANDELARIA FM. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

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References

Reference (Deposit): CANDELARIA MINE IN NEVADA. V. 70, NO. 7, 1981, P. 23.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. FIRST SILVER POURED AT

Reference (Deposit): MINES, UNIV. NV, RENO.

Reference (Deposit): (APR. 21-24, 1980), 6 PP.; AVAILABLE FROM MACKAY SCHOOL OF

Reference (Deposit): MINING IN THE WEST. PROCEEDINGS FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. M. ENVIRONMENTAL PITFALLS OF HARD-ROCK

Reference (Deposit): 98 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 58, 1961,

Reference (Deposit): MINE AS SILVER DROPS BELOW $6. JULY 22, 1982, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): JUNE 24, 1982, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE (ID) MINER. OXYMIN SHUTS DOWN CANDELARIA

Reference (Deposit): NO. 6, 1981, PP. 658-660.

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE (ID) MINER. OXYMIN SHUTS DOWN CANDELARIA.

Reference (Deposit): REACTIVATED AFTER 100 YEARS. MIN. ENG. (NY), V. 33,

Reference (Deposit): STEELE, G. L. CANDELARIA: FAMOUS SILVER PRODUCER

Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV

Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINE INSP., 1979, P. 40.

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV.

Reference (Deposit): P. 7.

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): OXYMIN FROM OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM. V. 72, NO. 1, 1983,

Reference (Deposit): NERCO, INC. FEB. 11, 1983, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): ELKO (NV) DAILY FREE PRESS. NEVADA MINES ACQUIRED BY

Reference (Deposit): COCA MINES, INCORP. ANNUAL REPORT, 1982-1983, 8 PP.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): 47 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): LEACHING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES. BUMINES IC 8969,

Reference (Deposit): CHAMBERLAIN, P. G., AND M. G. POJAR. GOLD AND SILVER

Reference (Deposit): REP. 36, 1983, PP. 77-83.

Reference (Deposit): NOVEMBER 17-19, 1980. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): PRECIOUS-METALS SYMPOSIUM, SPARKS, NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): OF GOLD AND SILVER ORES. PAPER IN PAPERS GIVEN AT THE

Reference (Deposit): JANUARY 1981, PP. 28-29.

Reference (Deposit): CHAMBERLAIN, P. D. HEAP LEACHING AND PILOT TESTING

Reference (Deposit): CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT IS AGAIN PRODUCING SILVER.

Reference (Deposit): BIG SKY PAY DIRT (BISBEE, AZ). NEVADA'S HISTORIC

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-45, 1954, SCALE 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY OF THE MINA QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., S. W. MULLER, AND S. H. CATHCART.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 6, 1982, P. 15.

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND 27 LEADING U.S. SILVER MINING COMPANIES. V. 183,

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. 45 TOP U.S. SILVER

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P235.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): FORM 40-F REPORT, PP. 4, 15.

Reference (Deposit): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1, 19; &

Reference (Deposit): GOLD AND SILVER ORES. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 184,

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, A. LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR

Reference (Deposit): MAY 1982, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 6, 1983, PP. 48-56.

Reference (Deposit): DOWN CANDELARIA MINE AS SILVER DROPS BELOW $6. NO. 32,

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). OXYMIN SHUTS

Reference (Deposit): SILVER. NO. 15, DEC. 1980, PP. 6, 12.

Reference (Deposit): HISTORIC CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT IS AGAIN PRODUCING

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). NEVADA'S

Reference (Deposit): MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. FT4 1-27.

Reference (Deposit): SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,

Reference (Deposit): CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON.

Reference (Deposit): EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN

Reference (Deposit): METAL DISTRICTS IN WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. PAPER IN

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, AND BELL MOUNTAIN MINE, FIELD TRIP 4, PRECIOUS

Reference (Deposit): ASSOC. BULL., V. 7, NO. 1, 1983, PP. 12-13.

Reference (Deposit): FOR TWO LARGE PRECIOUS METAL MINES IN NEVADA. NV. MIN.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 20, 1980, PP. 3.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). NERCO MAKES BID

Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPING TWO NEVADA SILVER PROPERTIES. V. 92,

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD (DENVER). OCCIDENTAL MINERALS

Reference (Deposit): 301, NO. 7731, 1983, P. 294.

Reference (Deposit): STATES. OFFICIAL REOPENING OF CANDELARIA SILVER MINE. V.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL (LONDON). MINING WEEK. UNITED

Reference (Deposit): DIRECTORY, V. 10, NO. 6, 1983, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): THE CANDELARIA SILVER MINE. ENG. AND MIN. J. INT.

Reference (Deposit): CEREMONIES TOOK PLACE OCTOBER 7 TO MARK THE REOPENING OF

Reference (Deposit): MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. NEW DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

Reference (Deposit): V. II. AIME, 1981, 263 PP.

Reference (Deposit): . GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE,

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 56, 1959, 67 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M. GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING

Reference (Deposit): BULL., V. 8, NO. 1, 1984, P. 15.

Reference (Deposit): NATION'S LARGEST OPEN PIT SILVER MINE. NV MIN. ASSOC.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). NERCO REOPENS

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP13, 22.

Reference (Deposit): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1-2,15-17.

Reference (Deposit): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 1993 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): 1983, PP. 36-41.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS - UPDATE 1980. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 36,

Reference (Deposit): WATSON, B. N. BULK TONNAGE, LOW-GRADE SILVER

Reference (Deposit): AMERICA. WORLD MIN., V. 30, NO. 3, 1977, PP. 44-49.

Reference (Deposit): WATSON, B. N. LARGE LOW GRADE SILVER DEPOSITS IN N.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. NERCO AGREES TO ACQUIRE

Reference (Deposit): GUIDE: CANDELARIA MINE, GOLDFIELD DISTRICT, TONOPAH

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J. AND H. F. BONHAM, JR. ROAD LOG/TRIP

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CANDELARIA'S GENERAL MANAGER.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DIVISION OF MINERALS (SENT TO US BY JEFF BUTWELL,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FEB. 1997: ANNUAL STATUS AND PRODUCTION REPORT, NEVADA

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P 24, 25

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING RECORD. V 105/N37. 9/14/94. P.16.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS 1995, FORM 40-F, PP. 4, 15.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1, 19.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1, 15.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NERCO, INC. 1984 FORM 10-K, P. 8.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): INT. DIRECTORY, V. 9, NO. 2, 1982, P. 1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE CONTRIBUTION OF METALS OPERATIONS. ENG. AND MIN. J.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. NEW DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): V. 181, NO. 1, 1980, P. 158.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING: U.S. - NEVADA. THE CANDELARIA SILVER PROPERTIES.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN

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Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.