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