Pinon Project

The Pinon Project is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Pinon Project
Secondary: North Pad Zone
Secondary: Dixie Creek
Secondary: Dark Star
Secondary: South Bullion
Secondary: Main Zone
Secondary: Pinon Property
Secondary: Cord Ranch
Secondary: Pinon Range

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Royal Standard Minerals, Inc. (70% Option From Cyprus)
Home Office: Virginia
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1995 - 1996

Owner Name: Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (70% Option)
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1994 -

Owner Name: Crown Resources Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1990 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Prospect
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Discovery Year: 1990
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Ownership): 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).

References

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 9/20/96, P224.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWS RELEASE, BUSINESS WIRE, OCT., 28, 1996. P1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #46, NOV., 13, 1996, P1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #45, NOV., 6, 1996, P5.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #51, DEC., 18, 1996, P3.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P61.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #40, OCT., 2, 1996, P1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #36, AUG., 31, 1996, P15.

Nevada Gold

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.