[Axenolith]

They drilled the hell out of it, last time I talked to one of the companies principles they were held up by NEPA/CEQA crap. The “review” time was going to be 4 years plus (which is total bull****).

The water in that particular mine is clean enough for direct discharge to Wolf Creek under NPDES permit with little to no treatment.

There’s still a lot of gold in there (as is the case with most of the old CA mines. Companies plan was to put a 5000 foot deep spiral decline in and expand the resource via drilling during operations.

[JimSEA]

The governments, state and local, are blocking a lot of mine projects. BHP and Rio Tinto, through Resolution Copper is trying to open a massive porphyry copper deposit in Arizona. Not much luck with environmentalists, Native Americans opposing the project. My interest is in my father and I worked for Magma Copper at this Location in Superior, AZ and another Magma mine at San Manuel, AZ. The Resolution project is basically below the mill fault and the old Magma Mine. They are at a mile plus depth and want to block cave the deposit. (A short history of the old mine: https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2015/07/19/history-of-the-magma-mine-superior-arizona/ )

San Manuel Mine lunch hole in my time - no I'm not in the photo but a couple of friends and children of friends are there.

[JimSEA]

If you have any interest in the Magma Mine: AZGS - http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1277