Yellow Aster Mine

The Yellow Aster Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 4,049 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: Yellow Aster Mine
Secondary: Yellow Aster
Secondary: Olympus
Secondary: Rand Mine Co
Secondary: Randsburg Gold Project

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Kern

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

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rand Mining Co.
Company ID: 404752
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996

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

Production

Year: 1987
Description: 105,752 G/Au 236774 Mt Ore
Year: 1988
Description: 113,440, G/Au 304096 Mt Ore
Year: 1989
Description: 633,950 G/Au 1454436 Mt Ore
Year: 1990
Description: 570,344 G/Au 1228322 Mt Ore
Year: 1991
Description: 1,159,723 G/Au 2012593 Mt Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production (Fy95) (07/94-06/95) 31122 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: 1,372,346 G/Au 2639331 Mt Ore
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production (Fy92) (07/91-06/92) 44122 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production (Fy93) (07/92-06/93) 49888 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production (Fy94) (07/93-06/94) 41297 T Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1990
Discovery Year: 1895
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 (Workings): N AREA DISTRICT, TAILS IS SUBSTITUTED FOR HEAP LEACH PAD. (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?). AU IN TAILS < 0.005 OZ/ST.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 19,964 OZ AU FROM HEAP LEACHING 1,037,000 MT ORE IN 1989.

Comment (Ownership): PROPERTY IS A JOINT VENTURE WITH GLAMIS GOLD, INC. (JUNIOR PARTNER) & RAND MINING COMPANY.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF DEC. 1995 YELLOW ASTER MINE RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION WERE COMBINED WITH THE BALTIC MINE UNDER THE RAND MINE SEE MAS SEQ 00602901321.

References

Reference (Ownership): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K.

Reference (Ownership): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FORM 10-K.

Reference (Ownership): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 12/31/95 FORM 10-K.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1993 ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FROM 10-K, PP. 13, 30.

Reference (Deposit): MINE. UNPUBL. REP., 1989, 27 PP. JUNE 1991.

Reference (Deposit): FORBUSH, DAN. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, (MINE RESERVES),

Reference (Deposit): AUGUST, 1993.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V107 N34, 8-21-96, P.7

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K, P.12.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/94 FORM 10-K, PP. 12, 28.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 06/30/95 FORM 10-K, PP. 13, 30.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 95, 1925, P. 121-125.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 128-

Reference (Deposit): 130.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1992/93.

Reference (Deposit): GLAMIS GOLD LTD. 1992 ANNUAL REPORT. 1993, 28 P.

Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES. RAND MINING COMPANY,

Reference (Deposit): YELLOW ASTER MINE EXPANSION PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL

Reference (Deposit): ASSESSMENT EA 065-90-116, 1990, 70 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES. RAND MINING COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): BALTIC MINE PROJECT. AMENDED PLAN OF OPERATIONS. 1991, 38PP.

Reference (Deposit): BALTIC MINE PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CA

Reference (Deposit): 065-EIS-91-047, 1992.

Reference (Deposit): ELY, MARION F. MINING AND RECLAMATION PLAN, YELLOW ASTER

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