Specifications - Red Dog Lead, Zinc and Silver Mine, AK, USA
| Key Data | |
|---|---|
| Producer of | Lead, zinc and silver |
| Location | Kotzebue, western Alaska |
| Ownership | NANA Regional Corporation (property), Teck Cominco Alaska Inc. (operations, facilities) |
| Geology type | Stratabound hydrothermal sulphides |
| Mineral type | Sphalerite, pyrite, marcasite, galena |
| Reserve base | 72.2Mt grading 17.7% Zn and 4.7% Pb (2005) |
| Annual production | 3.1Mt of ore containing 568,000t Zn, 102,300t Pb and 1.97Moz Ag (2005) |
| Mining method | Open pit |
| Processing method | Crushing, grinding, tower milling, flotation |
| Employment | 365 |
| Key Equipment | |
| Open pit | Ingersoll Rand rig drill |
| Tamrock Driltech rig drill | |
| Caterpillar 777 haul trucks | |
| Caterpillar 992G wheel loaders | |
| Caterpillar D9L dozers | |
| Caterpillar 225 and 235 backhoes | |
| Caterpillar 16G road grader | |
| Concentrator | Fuller SAG and ball mills |
| Maxwell flotation cells | |
| Canadian Process Technologies (CESL) column cells | |
| Outokumpu flotation cells | |
| Featured Suppliers | |
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| Flexco - Conveyor Belt Splicing and Maintenance Products | |
| FLSmidth Dorr-Oliver Eimco - Flotation, Agglomeration and Filtering | |
| FLSmidth Minerals - Engineered Mineral Processing Equipment | |
| Flygt - Reliable Fluid Handling Solutions for the Mining Industry | |
| Hansen Transmissions - Gear Units and Power Transmission Products | |
| Nalco Company - Process and Water Treatment Services for the Mining Industry | |
| Norcast - Abrasion resistant Mill and Crusher Liners and Conical-Shaped Grinding Media | |
| REMA TIP TOP - Conveyor Belt Maintenance, Wear and Corrosion Protection | |
| Shaw-Almex Industries Ltd - Conveyor Belt Vulcanizing Equipment | |
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