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Pinon Project

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174049
MAS/MILS ID 0320071113
Record type Deposit
Current site name Pinon Project
Alternate or previous names North Pad Zone, Dixie Creek, Dark Star, South Bullion, Main Zone, Pinon Property, Cord Ranch, Pinon Range

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.84481, 40.45801 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 173
USGS model code 26a.1
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Au
Mark3 model number 17

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.84481, 40.45801
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1990
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend
District name Robinson Mountain district

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crown Resources Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1997
    First year 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (70% Option)
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1997
    First year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Royal Standard Minerals, Inc. (70% Option From Cyprus)
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1997
    First year 1995
    Last year 1996

Comments on the ownership information

  • PROPERTY IS OWNED BY CROWN RESOURCES CORP: PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED TO CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS CO. IN 1994, WHO OPTIONED TO ROYAL STANDART MINERALS INC.(1995 ABOUT).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 5969300mt ore
    Inferred 5969300mt ore
    Total resources 5969300mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.94 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 3538020mt ore
    Total resources 3538020mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 9.789 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.926 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Total resources 34745176mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.89 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 9951817mt ore
    Total resources 9951817mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 5.486 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
    Gold Au 0.857 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 11666396mt ore
    Total resources 11666396mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.943 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #36, AUG., 31, 1996, P15.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #40, OCT., 2, 1996, P1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P61.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #51, DEC., 18, 1996, P3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #45, NOV., 6, 1996, P5.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #46, NOV., 13, 1996, P1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEWS RELEASE, BUSINESS WIRE, OCT., 28, 1996. P1.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 9/20/96, P224.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (70% Option) — now part of Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Formed by merger of Cyprus Minerals and AMAX in 1993; acquired by Phelps Dodge in 1999; Phelps Dodge acquired by Freeport-McMoRan in 2007.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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