Rawhide

The Rawhide is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 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

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Site Name

Primary: Rawhide
Secondary: Poor Boy
Secondary: Rawhide Victor
Secondary: Seminole-Regent
Secondary: Bullskin Mountain 1
Secondary: Silver Zone
Secondary: Denton-Rawhide
Secondary: Rawhide-Regent
Secondary: Rawhide Denton/Rawhide
Secondary: Morning Star
Secondary: Mascot
Secondary: Bethania

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent

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: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1994
Years: 1990 - 1994

Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co. (Sub Of Rtz Corp.)
Company ID: 2601030
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1990 -

Owner Name: Kinross Gold Corp.
Percent: 49.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -

Owner Name: Rtz-Cra Corp.
Percent: 51.00
Home Office: United Kingdom
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -

Owner Name: Plexus Resources Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1993
Years: 1992 - 1993

Owner Name: Kiewit Mining Group Inc.
Percent: 22.50
Home Office: Nebraska
Info Year: 1990
Years: 1990 -

Production

Year: 1990
Description: Silver Production 779 Kg/Year
Year: 1991
Description: Silver Production 15325 Kg/Year
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 102000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 120361 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Treated 4837000 Mt/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 121000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Treated 5296000 Mt/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Proeuction 127000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Silver Production 982000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Production 136 Kg/Year
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Production 2194 Kg/Year
Year: 1994
Description: Silver Production 978000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Silver Produced 1088000 Tr Oz/Yr

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: 1990
Discovery Year: 1970
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): SEVERAL POD-LIKE ORE ZONES OCCUR WITHIN A NW-TRENDING AREA 2440 M LONG BY 400 M WIDE. VEINS STRIKE N-NE, AND ORE ZONES ARE ELONGATE TO THE NW. EXPECTED ANNUAL PRODUCTION LEVEL OF 180,000 TR OZ/YR GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL POD-LIKE ORE ZONES OCCUR WITHIN A NW-TRENDING AREA 2440 M LONG BY 400 M WIDE. VEINS STRIKE N-NE, AND ORE ZONES ARE ELONGATE TO THE NW.

Comment (Workings): DATA COMPILED FROM USBM FILES AND COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): HEAP LEACH OPERATION; START UP 1990; TOTAL PROV+PROB ORE; INPL- -MINB-DIULT 12/31/96: SILVER GRADE FORM KINROSS DATA:

Comment (Location): OPERATION COVERS AREA ALSO IN SEC 21, 28, 29, AND 30

Comment (Reserve-Resource): "R" RECORD 4; FORM BOTH SOURCES IN "R" BIBLIG 006, 007; SILVER GRADE FORM KINROSS DATA.

Comment (Ownership): KINROS GOLD CORP. WAS FORMED FROM THE AMALGMATION OF PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP., CMP RESOURCES LTD. & 1021105 ONTARIO CORP. IN MAY OF 1993.

References

Reference (Deposit): RAWHIDE MINING CO. PLAN OF OPERATIONS, JAN. 1986, 50 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RAWHIDE MINING CO. WELCOME TO DENTON-RAWHIDE MINE, 6 PP.

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY 1981: SPL PUB MI-1981, 1982, 44 P.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,

Reference (Deposit): P. 19.

Reference (Deposit): MERRIL YOST, PARTNER PO BOX 1085,FALLON, NV 89406

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY. THE NEVADA MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG., 21, 1996, P17.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1995, FORM 40-F, P6.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORTAION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1, 22, 23.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RTZ-CRA 1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F, P17.

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES RPT. 2, 1962, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.5, PT. 1.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 64.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE RAWHIDE AU-AG DEPOSIT,

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL COUNTY, NV. IN "GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): GREAT BASIN", SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, PUBLISHED BY GEOL. SOC.

Reference (Deposit): OF NEVADA, RENO, NEVADA, 1991, VOL. 2, P. 1123-1144.

Reference (Deposit): PLEXUS RESOURCES INC., ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1990, 31 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY FOR 1990/1991, P. 208-209.

Reference (Deposit): SEG NEWSLETTER, SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS, NO. 5,

Reference (Deposit): APRIL 1991, P. 15.

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

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 240, 241.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 13, 27.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106,#10, MARCH 8, 1995, P4.

Reference (Production): RTZ-CRA, FACT BOOK 1997, "MINERALS AND METALS FOR THE WORLD"

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RTZ CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 20F, P13.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P20.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE RTZ CORP. PCL CRA LIMITED, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 20-F, P16.

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.