The Randsburg Gold Project is a gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,802 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: 3,802 Feet (1,159 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.35, -117.63920
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Randsburg Gold Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Randsburg Gold Project
Secondary: Baltic Mine
Secondary: See the Rand Mine Mas 0060291321:
Secondary: Baltic Project
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Randsburg
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Drx Inc
Info Year: 1993
Owner Name: Glamis Gold Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Rand Mining Co.
Company ID: 404752
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production (Fy94) (07/93-06/94) 39837 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production (Fy95) (07/94-06/95) 45150 T Oz/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1993
Discovery Year: 1990
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE BALTIC MINE CONSISTS OF THE BALTIC DEPOSIT & THE LAMONT EXTENSION, MAS SEQ# 0060291259; THE PROPERTY IS PART OF THE YELLOW ASTER MINE/BALTIC MINE DEVELOPMENT. SEE YELLOW ASTER MINE MAS SEQ#0060290374 FOR DETAILS. THIS MAS PROPERTY WILL CONTAIN DATA PRE 1995 (FY) FOR THE BALTIC MINE AND LAMONT EXTENSION PROPERTIES. POST FY 95 DATA WILL BE ENTERED INTO MAS SEQ# 0060291321 "RAND MINE" WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE COMBINED YELLOW ASTER + BALTIC MINE AND RELATED PROPERTY DATA.
Comment (Economic Factors): HEAP LEACHING OPERATION. EXPECTED START OF PRODUCTION SOMETIME IN 1989 AT A LEVEL OF 38,000 OZ.AU/YR. 1988 RESERVE=ONLY 186,355
References
Reference (Production): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FORM 10-K, P11.
Reference (Production): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996-97, P.149.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): *1993 ANNUAL REPORT
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K, PP. 12, 29.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FORM 10-K, PP. 13, 31.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD LTD. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, FRONT COVER.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1992/93.
Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC., 1992, BALTIC MINE PROJECT,
Reference (Deposit): KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DRAFT EIS/EIR.
Reference (Deposit): GLAMIS GOLD LTD. 1992 ANNUAL REPORT. 1993, 28P.
Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES. RAND MINING COMPANY,
Reference (Deposit): YELLOW ASTER MINE EXPANSION PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL
Reference (Deposit): ASSESSMENT EA 065-90-116, 1990, 70PP.
Reference (Deposit): BALTIC MINE PROJECT. AMENDED PLAN OF OPERATIONS. 1991, 38PP.
Reference (Deposit): BALTIC MINE PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CA O65-
Reference (Deposit): EIS-91-047,1992.
Reference (Deposit): ELY, MARION F. MINING AND RECLAMATION PLAN, YELLOW ASTER
Reference (Deposit): MINE. UNPUBL. RPT., 27PP. JUNE 1991.
Reference (Deposit): FORBUSH, DAN. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, (MINE RESERVES),
Reference (Deposit): AUGUST, 1993.
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