Climax Mine - Leadville Today

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MineOpen Pit MineThe open-pit mine operation involvesdrilling, blasting, loading by shovel andtruck haulage of the mined material. Lowgrade,stockpiled ore is expected to beprocessed in the last three years of theproject. Two existing waste rock stockpileswill be built at a 3:1 slope to facilitate thereclamation process that will occurconcurrently with mining activities.The fleet will consist of hydraulic shovels,Caterpillar 789 haul trucks (195-ton haultrucks) and support equipment. Truckswill deliver ore to the existing primarygyratory crusher. The crushed product isconveyed to a covered coarse orestockpile to feed the mill.MosquitoFault12Final PitCaved Material$15 Cone$10 Cone 2,000 ftN
Key Mine Statistics• Open pit is approximately 1 to 1.5 miles indiameter• Current pit is 1,900 ft deep; final pit willbe 3,000 ft deep• Mining rates currently average 80,000st/d & are expected to peak at 110,000st/d over the next 10 years• 110 people work in the open pit• Life of mine from January 1, 2012,tonnage mined will total 487 million st• Consume 5 mm gallons of diesel per year• 1.4:1 strip ratio, life-of-mineKey Mining Equipment• Two O&K 340 hydraulic shovels (45 cu. yd)• 7 x Caterpillar 789 haul trucks (195 st load)• 1 x Caterpillar 789 water truck• 4 x Caterpillar D9/D10 dozers &2 x Caterpillar 824 rubber tire dozers• 2 x Caterpillar 988 & 944 loaders• 2 x Caterpillar 16M graders• 2 x Atlas Copco 275 Pit Viper blast holedrills & 1 x Atlas Copco L8 secondary drill• Miscellaneous support pieces ofequipmentMining in the PitLoaderShovelHaul Truck13
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