CONFUSION hILLS
Location: NEVADA, U.S.A.
Mineral: Copper & gOLD
Operator: Almadex Minerals
Latest News:
May 1st, 2025
Almadex Announces Option-Joint Venture Agreement on Three Nevada Properties with Azucar Minerals Ltd.
April 15th, 2025
Almadex Provides Exploration Update on its Confusion Hills and Red Ring Gold Projects, Nevada, Surface Sampling returns 7.1 g/t Gold
Overview
Confusion Hills is located roughly 120 km east by highway and a further 30 km north by dirt road from Tonopah.
Geology
The Confusion Hills Project encompasses an extensive alteration system exhibiting characteristics of both high-sulfidation and intermediate-stability hydrothermal regimes. The high-sulfidation assemblage is marked by advanced argillic alteration and vuggy silica, while the more neutral-stable alteration phase is typified by illite-muscovite assemblages associated with veining and silicified hydrothermal breccias.
The occurrence of gusano textures, pyrophyllite, and elevated molybdenum geochemistry suggests proximity to a porphyry system. Preliminary geochemical sampling returned significant gold, silver, and trace element concentrations, indicating that the Confusion Hills prospect hosts mineralization. The area is considered a high-priority exploration target for both low- and high-sulfidation epithermal mineralization, with potential for a shallow porphyry system.
Detailed lithological mapping by Dr. Rachel Harrison has delineated a newly recognized lithocap extending across approximately 1.6 km × 0.5 km. The core of the lithocap is characterized by vuggy quartz with alunite, transitioning outward to massive pyrophyllite zones that grade into white mica-rich domains.
The identification of gusano textures within the volcanic sequence indicates the dissolution of primary volcanic fabrics, a process driven by extensive replacement by advanced argillic alteration minerals. Soil geochemical analyses reveal a strong spatial correlation between gold anomalism and zones of advanced argillic alteration, with a pronounced molybdenum anomaly defined to the south of the project area, further supporting the hypothesis of a Proximal porphyry system.
Recent magnetic study and IP surveys, show a high mag zone to the SE of the claim as well as a high chargeability anomaly open as well to the southeast.
Planned follow up geophysics on their way. Preliminary drilling targets have been set.

Sample 227863 || Au: 7.08 ppm | As: 759 ppm | Sb: 36 ppm

Sample 227864 || Au: 0.445 ppm | As: 598 ppm | Sb: 38 ppm

Sample 227865 || Au: 0.992 ppm | As: 676 ppm | Sb: 24 ppm

Sample 227938 || As: 1990 ppm | Sb: 38 ppm
Maps
News Releases
2025
May 1st, 2025
Almadex Announces Option-Joint Venture Agreement on Three Nevada Properties with Azucar Minerals Ltd.
April 15th, 2025
Almadex Provides Exploration Update on its Confusion Hills and Red Ring Gold Projects, Nevada, Surface Sampling returns 7.1 g/t Gold