Golden Reward

The Golden Reward is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Reward

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Bald Mountain District

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.

Holdings

Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Goldcrop Inc. (50.3% Owner Of Wharf Resources Ltd.)
Percent: 50.30
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997

Owner Name: Dakota Mining Corp.(From-Minvin Gold Corp.) 40% Of Part.
Company ID: 3901281
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1992 -

Owner Name: Wharf Resources Ltd. (60% Owner Of Partnership)
Company ID: 3901281
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1992 -

Owner Name: Golden Reward Mining Co. Limeted Partnership
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1997

Production

Year: 1996
Description: Silver Production 9078 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 21430 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Crushed @ 0.040 Tr Oz/St 1683000 St Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Silver Produced 13061 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Produced 47569 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Ore Crushed @ 0.04 Tr Oz/St 1829000 St Ore
Year: 1994
Description: Silver Production 12795 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 52556 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Ore Crushed @ 0.03 Tr Oz/St 1513000 St Ore
Year: 1993
Description: Silver Production 30776 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 35549 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Ore Crushed @ 0.038 Tr Oz/St 2127000 St Ore
Year: 1992
Description: Silver Production 67712 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production 51135 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Crushed @ 0.037 Tr Oz/St 665000 St Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1989
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills

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 (Environmental Factors): ADDITIONAL ANIMAL CONTROLS INCLUDE BIRD NETTING OVER PONDS AND PLASTIC OWLS ON POSTS. LEACH FLOW RATE=1,296,000 GPD. WASH FLOW RATE=1,238,400 GPD. MAKEUP WATER 80 TO 250 GPM, DEPENDING ON TIME OF YEAR AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Comment (Production): 9-30-96: THE MINE HAS BEEN PLACED ON CARE AND MAINTENANCE DUE TO DEPLETION OF PERMITTED RESERVES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES, THIRD PARTY SURFACE RIGHTS AND FACILITIES ENCUMBER DEVELOPMENT OF 1.57 M ST @ 0.052 TR OZ/ST OF THESE RESERVES: ALSO INCLUDED ARE 0.2 M ST @ 0.34 TR OZ/ST PERMITTED DEFINED MINERAL DEPOSITS (INDICATED ORE) AND 4.35 M ST @ O.O35 TR OZ/ST NON-PERMITTED DEFINED MINERAL DEPOSITS: AS TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES AS OF 12/31/96: SOME OF THE NON-PERMITTED INDICATED ORE MAY HAVE THE SAME DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. ADIT ORE CAPACITY BASED ON AVERAGE FROM 1992-1996: OPERATION IS ON CARE AND MAINTENANCE (TEMO SHUTDOWN) AS OF 9/30/96.

Comment (Ownership): DAKOTA MINING CORP (FORMERLY MINVIN GOLD CORP) ADDRESS IS 410 17TH ST, STE 2450, DENVER, CO 802020. PH 303-573-0221

Comment (Reserve-Resource): (1) 3RD PARTY SURFACE RIGHTS & FACILITIES ENCUMBER DEVELOPMENT OF 3.39 MILLION SHORT TONS OF PERMITTED PROVEN & PROBABLE RESERVES AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.054 TROY OUNCE GOLD PER TON; ABOUT 183,060 OUNCES OF GOLD, MAY ALSO INCLUDE SOME NON- PERMITTED MINERALIZATION EXTENSIONS: (2) NON-PERMITTED MINERALIZATION REPRESENTS EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING IDENTIFIED RESERVES OR MINERALIZED DEPOSITS ON CONTIGUOUS ACREAGE CONTROLLED BY GOLDEN REWARD L.P. "R" RECORD 4 INCLUDES 1.57 M ST OF RESERVES @ 0.052 TR OZ AU/ST FOR WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT IS ENCUMBERED BY 3RD PARTY SURFACE RIGHTS & FACILITIES. "R" RECORDS 5 & 6 DEFINED MINERAL DEPOSITS CLASSIFIED AS INDICATED RESOURCES; MAY ALSO BE ENCUMBERED FROM DEVELOPMENT FORM SAME REASONS AS RECORD 4. TOTAL OF "R" RECORDS 4+5+6 = TOTAL DEMONSATRADED RESOURCES SAME AS ADIT AS OF 12/31/96:

References

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION, 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P7.

Reference (Deposit): 9-30-96, P.20.

Reference (Deposit): #14-10650 P 82

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1996, P165.

Reference (Deposit): "DAKOTA PROVES UP GILT EDGE MINE." THE NORTHERN MINER,

Reference (Geology): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996-97, P.300.

Reference (Deposit): 27.

Reference (Deposit): GOLDCORP INC., WHARF RESOURCES LTD., 1996 FORM 40-F, PP. 23-

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO & GRIES, 1970, USGS HEAVY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES STAFF REG V1, INFO CIRCULAR 7688 1954.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION, 1996 FORM 10-K (A), P17.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P13.

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