Mine detail: Pinson

Previously called 'Ogee-PinsonPinson Mine and Mill'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.12909, -117.27176

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury, Silver
Other material: Calcite, Chalcedony, Chert, Cinnabar, Gold, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year: 1972

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1981

Geology

References

MRDSM232744
MAS320130220
DEP10149740
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.