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Buckeye Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044386
MRDS ID M231796
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25954, 38.98492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF SUMMIT CANYON. ON NORTH SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Steeply Westward Dipping Shear Zones On The Hanging Wall.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Baldwin, Stanley
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • NINE TONS WERE MINED IN AUGUST OF 1869, AVERAGING $283.52 PER TON. TWO TONS WERE MINED IN 1941, VALUED AT $214. EARLY PRODUCTION TOTALLED AT LEAST $6000 FROM ORE THAT RAN UP TO $300/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE LEVELS OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES, ADITS, AERIAL TRAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 188-189.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH SIDE WORKINGS ARE ALONG A N40E, 80NW SHEAR ZONE IN PHYLLITE. SOUTH SIDE WORKINGS ARE IN BUFF MARBLE LENSES IN SEDIMENTARY STRATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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