Rand Mine

The Rand Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,937 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Rand Mine
Secondary: Baltic 0060291248
Secondary: Yellow Aster 0060290374

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Kern
District: Randsburg

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.

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rand Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Glamis Gold Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996

Production

Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production (Fy93) (07/92-06/93) 49888 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production (Fy94) (07/93-06/94) 81134 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production (Fy95) (07/94-06/95) 76272 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Mined Fy 1995 @ 0,025 Opt 3224600 St Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 07/95 To 12/95 29814 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production (Total Year 1995) 67950 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Mined Total 1996 @ 0.018 Opt 8840600 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production Total 1996 85762 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 01/95 To 06/95 Est 38136 Tr Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1987
Discovery Year: 1896
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 (Ownership): SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCE FOR DETAILE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES FORM ALL THREE PITS, YELLOW ASTER, BALTIC, & LAMONT, AND THE DESCARGA DEPOSIT STOCKPILE. AS OF 12/31/96.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS COMBINED YELLOW ASTER, BALTIC, LAMONT GOLD PRODUCTION, FOR FY YEARS 1993-1995. 1996 PRODUCTION RECORDS, ALSO COMBINED, FOR FULL YEAR 1996:

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES FORM ALL THREE PITS, YELLOW ASTER, BALTIC, & LAMONT, AND THE DESCARGA DEPOST STOCKPILE. AS OF 12/31/96. ADIT ORE CAPACITY IS THE LIFE OF MINE YEARLY (FY) PROD. AVE.

References

Reference (Production): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., 07/95 - 12/95 FORM 10-K, P10.

Reference (Ownership): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., 07/95 - 12/95 FORM 10-K, P26.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., 07/95 - 12/95 FORM 10-K, P12.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., NEW RELEASE, OCT. 11, 1996, P2.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., 1996 FORM 10-K, PP. 13, 30-31.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, INSERT.

Reference (Deposit): GLAMIS GOLD, LTD., 07/95 - 12/95 FORM 10-K.

Reference (Deposit): GLAMIS GLOD, LTD., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, BACK OF FRONT COVER,

Reference (Deposit): & PP. 10-13.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P108.

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