( CNN ) -- Rescuers have yet to find any survivors or bodies Saturday after a landslide that buried 83 workers at a gold mine in the Tibet Autonomous Region , reported Xinhua , the Chinese state-run news agency . The likelihood of the miners ' survival of the Friday landslide are slim , a government spokesperson was quoted in the Xinhua report . Rescue efforts are ongoing , despite being hindered by additional minor landslides and altitude sickness . The mining site is located at 4,600 meters , which is 15,092 feet . Cold temperatures falling to -3 degrees Celsius ( 26 degrees Fahrenheit ) have hampered the sniffer dogs ' sense of smell and their ability to trace the trapped miners , the news agency reported . The incident occurred Friday , about 6 a.m. in Maizhokunggar County , east of Lhasa , the regional capital . The landslide extended three kilometers ( almost two miles ) and was made up of about 2 million cubic meters ( 2.6 million cubic yards ) of mud , rock and other debris , according to Xinhua . The victims , including two Tibetans , were workers from Tibet Huatailong Mining Development Co. Ltd. , a subsidiary of the China National Gold Group Corp. , the news agency said . CNN 's Lonzo Cook contributed to this report .
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