Cx Deposit

The Cx Deposit is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Cx Deposit  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.13528, -117.25972

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Cx Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cx Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell Trend


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Pinson Mining Co.,
Home Office: P.O. Box 192, Winnemucca, Nv 89445


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1983
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin & Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Northeasterly Pinson "Trend" (Range Front Fault System).

Type: L
Description: Rocks Are Typically Contorted Due To Pre-Ore Folding. Fault Offsets In The Alluvium Indicate Post-Ore Movement.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Decalcification, Silicification, Oxidation. Decalcification And Iron Oxide Staining Are Associated With Ore. Decalcification Extends Well Into Barren Wall Rocks. Jasperoidal Silicification Occurs Locally.


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VERY LITTLE GEOCHEMISTRY COMPLETED FOR THIS DEPOSIT. STYLE OF MINERALIZATION AND TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURE IS SIMILAR TO THE MAG AND PINSON DEPOSITS.


Materials

Ore: Quartz
Ore: Calcite
Ore: Wollastonite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD BASED ON PUBLISHED ARTICLE BY FOSTER AND KRETSCHMER (1991) AND DATA SUPPLIED BY JOSEPH FOSTER (PINSON MINE GEOLOGIST) ON A MRDS QUESTIONNAIRE, MARCH 1992. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): NO AG RECOVERED.

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED UNDER SHALLOW ALLUVIUM IN 1983 BY STEPOUT DRILLING ALONG STRIKE NORTHEAST FROM THE PINSON A-ZONE OREBODY. A SMALL TEST PIT WAS EXCAVATED IN 1990. ; ECON.COM: MILL RECOVERIES EXPECTED TO BE 85-90%.

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN SIX SUB-PARALLEL STRANDS THAT RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 5 FT. TO 50 FT. AND TYPICALLY HAVE A PINCH-AND-SWELL OR CYMOID LOOP MORPHOLOGY.

Comment (Workings): FIGURES REPRESENT ULTIMATE PIT DESIGN.

Comment (Geology): OSGOOD MOUNTAIN STOCK CROPS OUT 1200 FT. WEST OF CX DEPOSIT.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1992 FIGURES CALCULATED USING A STRIP RATIO OF 12.1:1.

Comment (Location): LOCATED BETWEEN PINSON AND MAG DEPOSITS ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS, 2500 FT. EAST OF THE PINSON MILL.


References

Reference (Deposit): FOSTER, J.M., AND KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE MAG DEPOSIT, PINSON MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 845-856


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.