| Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
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Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
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Australia
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Province |
Western australia |
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Close to |
Laverton |
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PRODUCTION
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Latitude / Longitude |
28 S 50 / 122 E 13 |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
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| Title(s) of the Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
 | AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
Owner: 100% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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| Acquired at the end of 1999 by AngloGold, the Australian operations (formerly Acacia Resources Limited)
comprise the Sunrise Dam and Boddington mines. |
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| Location of the Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
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The Sunrise Dam gold mine is located in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, 220 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie and 55 kilometres south of Laverton.
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| History of the Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
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The mine consists of a large open pit, which is now in its twelfth year of operation, and an underground mine, which began producing in 2003.
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| Geology of the Sunrise Dam gold Mine |
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Gold ore at Sunrise Dam is structurally and lithologically controlled within gently dipping high-strain shear zones (for example, Sunrise Shear) and steeply dipping brittle-ductile low-strain shear zones (for example, Western Shear). Host rocks include andesitic volcanic rocks, volcanogenic sediments and magnetic shales.
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| Production history |
| Metal | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
| GOLD (oz) | 401,000 | 433,000 | 600,000 | 465,000 | 455,000 | 410,000 | 358,000 | 382,000 | 297,000 | 309,000 |
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Data last updated on : 12/31/2006
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Disclaimer
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