| Deposit ID | 10055093 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00039 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | C-Zone |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.2629, 41.13239 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1570 |
| Relative position | 3400 FT. ESE OF PINSON MILL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 38N | 42E | 32 | NE4 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | LIMITED TRACE ELEMENT DATA INDICATE THE SAME TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURE AS THE PINSON A ZONE AND MAG DEPOSITS. |
|---|
| Model code | 172 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26a |
| Deposit model name | Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag |
| Mark3 model number | 15 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Comus Formation (Lower) |
| Rock description | Comus Formation (Lower) |
| (1) | -117.2629, 41.13239 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Part Of The Range Front Fault System. |
| Strike | N85E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 40S |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 137.16M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 15.24M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1975 |
| Discoverer | Cordex I Syndicate |
| Year of first production | 1993 |
| Year of last production | 1994 |
| District name | Potosi |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pinson Mining Co. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 67.06M |
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Overall width | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00039 |
MRDS QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED BY JOSEPH FOSTER, MINE GEOLOGIST, PINSON MINING COMPANY, MARCH, 1992
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1970'S |
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS IN AN E-W STRIKING FAULT ZONE THAT INTERSECTS THE NE-STRIKING PINSON FAULT IN THE A PIT IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF C-ZONE. |
| Deposit | First Production Year: SCHEDULED FOR 1993 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1992 | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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