Question

On July 23 of the current year, Dakota Mining Co. pays $7,147,920 for land estimated to contain 9,048,000 tons of recoverable ore. It installs machinery costing $1,900,080 that has a 10-year life and no salvage value and is capable of mining the ore deposit in eight years. The machinery is paid for on July 25, seven days before mining operations begin. The company removes and sells 466,500 tons of ore during its first five months of operations ending on December 31. Depreciation of the machinery is in proportion to the mine's depletion as the machinery will be abandoned after the ore is mined.
Required:
Prepare entries to record the following. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.):

Answer 1

Answer:

ore deposits     7,147,920 debit

           cash                  7,147,920 credit

--to record purchase of land with ore deposit--

machinery         1,900,080 debit

        account payable       1,900,080 credit

Account payable 1,900,080 debit

            Cash                      1,900,080 credit

--to record machine installation and payment of it 2 days later--

depletion expense          368,535

depreciation expense       97,965

ore deposit                                          368,535‬

equipment accumulated depreciation 97.965‬

Explanation:

the first entries are quite self-explanatory

Now, to calculate the depreication and depletion:

The machine will be depreciate at the same phase as the ore deposit As the asset is relate to it and will have no value after the miniming project ends.

depreciation  for the year:

466,500 / 9,048,000 x 7,147,920  = 368.535‬ ore deposit amortization

466,500 / 9,048,000 x 1,900,080 =    97.965‬ equipment depreciation