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Buzzard Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043997
MRDS ID M231310
Record type Site
Current site name Buzzard Mine
Alternate or previous names Cyclone, Replublec Patented Claims, Formerly Part of the Iron Canyon Claim Group Owned By Iron Canyon, Gold Mining Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10955, 40.53768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 13 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • RIDGECREST BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & IRON CANYONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result 1936 ORE
Result APPROX 2 OZ AG PER TON
Result 0.18 OZ. AU/TON
Result 0.76% CU ORE SHIPPED CONTAINED UP TO 2.81 OZ AU/TON AND 32.9 OZ AG/TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Scott Canyon Formation
    Rock description Scott Canyon Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10955, 40.53768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Antler And Dewitt Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 65 80W
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 8 FEET WIDE, AVERAGING 3 FT. GOLD AND SILVER ORE OCCUR IN SHORT SHOOT PARALLELING DIP OF VEIN. AU AND AG OCCUR IN GANGUE OF SOFT, POROUS LINONITIC MATERIAL AND QUARTZ IN THE OXIDEZED ZONE. AT SOUTH END OF VEIN, ORE IS HARD, QTZOSE MATERIAL BEARING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND THEIR OXIDATION PRODUCTS. CU AND AU CONTENT INCREASED WITH DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Iron Canyon Gold Mining, Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY OVER $200,000. WORTH. IN 1910, THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY IRON CANYON GOLD MINING, CO., WITH ORE TREATED IN A 20-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLATN, WHERE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ORE WERE TREATED. THE MINE WAS WORKED BY LESSEES IN TH 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, SHEAR ZONE; GOLD-SILVER ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS PARALLELING DIP OF VEIN.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1880'S AND ACRIVELY WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH NO STATICSTICS AVAILABLE ON EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY OVER $200,000. WORTH. 1910-PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY IRON CANYON GOLD MINING CO., WITH ORE TREATED IN A 20-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLANTATMOUTH OF GALENA CANYON, WHERE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TOS ORE WERE TREATED. MINE WAS WORKED BY LESSEES IN 1930'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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