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Buckhorn Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043831
MRDS ID M231115
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine
Alternate or previous names Antelope Range Peterson Mt Area, All, Cnt. Hallelujah Junction Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99769, 39.8435 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 018E 29,30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON CALIF-NEVADA BORDER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99769, 39.8435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 42.67M
    Width 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne And Nw-Trending Fracture Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR AS SMALL DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN ASH FLOW TUFFS OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. MINERALIZATION IS APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW, IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED VEINLETS. PRINCIPAL ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS AT LEAST 140 FT LONG BY 90 FT WIDE, URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR IN 120' BY 20 FT WIDE. MINE OPERATORS HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING GRADES DURING THEIR OPERATION. A MODERATE TONNAGE OF MATERIAL AVERAGING SOMEWHAT LESS THAN 0.2% U3O8 IS STILL PRESENT. (GARSIDE, P 105.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LJ, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM, RECON RPT 1152 (CALIFORNIA)

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO NEVADA, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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