The C-Zone is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.1325, -117.26194
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C-Zone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C-Zone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Pinson Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1993
Year Last Production: 1994
Discovery Year: 1975
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: Part Of The Range Front Fault System.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Decalcification Of Ore Zone And Wall Rocks; Feox-Staining And Jasperoidal Silicification Locally.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LIMITED TRACE ELEMENT DATA INDICATE THE SAME TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURE AS THE PINSON A ZONE AND MAG DEPOSITS.
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: SCHEDULED FOR 1993
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1992 FIGURES CALCULATED USING A STRIP RATIO OF 9.5:1.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1970'S
Comment (Location): IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF CX DEPOSIT AND EAST OF PINSON A PIT.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY MAPPING AND DRILLING WHILE DEVELOPING THE ORIGINAL PINSON OREBODY. SEVERAL BENCHES OF OVERBURDEN HAD BEEN STRIPPED FROM THE C-ZONE OREBODY AS OF 3/92. ACTIVITY WAS PLANNED TO RESUME IN 1993. ; ECON.COM: MILL RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE 85-90%.
Comment (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.
References
Reference (Deposit): MRDS QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED BY JOSEPH FOSTER, MINE GEOLOGIST, PINSON MINING COMPANY, MARCH, 1992
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.
