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Dolores Mine
Dolores Mine
Country Mexico 
Province Chihuahua
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Status PRODUCTION  Mining Trend Sierra Madre
Surface 277 km² / 68,447 acres
Latitude / Longitude 28 N 59 / 108 W 31
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Risk and valuation analysis of the Dolores Mine
Status Risk : Production
Country Risk : Light
Resource Risk : 66.00%
In situ value
12,599,630,056 $
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Title(s) of the Dolores Mine
Minefinders Corporation Ltd.
Owner: 100%
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Minefinders, through its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary Compania Minera Dolores, S.A. de C. V. (CMD), directly owns the Dolores and Silvia concessions and the remaining seven concessions that as of April 10, 2006 were combined into one comprehensive concession entitled the Unificacion Real Cananea (Title No. 227028 covering 1,920 hectares with expiry date of December 12, 2039).
Royal Gold Inc.
Net Smelter Return: 2%
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Royal Gold (ex Battle Mountain) has a 3.25 percent NSR royalty on gold production and 2.0 percent NSR royalty on silver production from the Dolores project.
Location of the Dolores Mine
The Dolores mine is an open pit gold and silver mine located in northern Mexico, in the State of Chihuahua, approximately 155 miles west of the city of Chihuahua.
 
History of the Dolores Mine
Mining in the Dolores region started in the 1800's. Mechanized production occurred between 1915 and 1929, with no records of any production since that time. Incomplete mining records from 1922 to 1931 indicate that total production during this time was about 372,000 tonnes of ore containing over 116,000 ounces of gold and 6 million ounces of silver.
 
Geology of the Dolores Mine
The Dolores gold-silver deposit in the Sierra Madre Occidental is a low- to medium-sulfidation epithermal deposit hosted in andesite volcanic rocks of the Lower Volcanic Series of Tertiary age. Mineralization is present in a NNW-striking, steeply-d more...
 
Reserves and resources of the Dolores Mine
TonnageGradeReserves and resources
SilverGoldSilverGold
g/tg/tozoz
 Proven62,430,00034.200.62 68 645 252 1 244 446
 Probable45,210,00031.600.53 45 931 714 770 374
 Proven and Probable107,640,00033.110.58 114 576 966 2 014 820
 Measured80,050,61028.600.60 73 607 445 1 531 344
 Indicated71,856,40126.100.48 60 297 184 1 115 844
 Mesured and Indicated151,907,01127.420.54 133 904 629 2 647 188
 Inferred27,632,39718.200.37 16 168 920 326 044
 Total 287 179 408 264 650 514 4 988 052
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Reserves and resources of the Dolores Mine
MetalTotalReservesResources / Mineralized MaterialUnitIn situ value
ProvenProbableProven and ProbableMeasuredIndicatedMesured and IndicatedInferred
 Gold 4 988 052 1 244 446 770 374 2 014 820 1 531 344 1 115 844 2 647 188 326 044oz6 939 876 062 US$
 Silver 264 650 514 68 645 252 45 931 714 114 576 966 73 607 445 60 297 184 133 904 629 16 168 920oz6 052 557 266 US$
Production history
Metal2010
GOLD (oz)56,110
SILVER (oz)1,218,664
Production Objectives
Metal2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
GOLD (oz)110,000110,000110,000110,000110,000110,000110,000110,000110,000110,000
SILVER (oz)4,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,0004,250,000
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Data last updated on : 5/5/2011
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