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Buckeye Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045266
MRDS ID M232964
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41369, 41.85768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF JARBIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 058E 21;22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1,800 FT. ABOVE THE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41369, 41.85768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crater Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer A.Dufrens And S.G. Hull

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT,NV., USGS BULL.741

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1912)A RECONNAISSSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MTN/MINIG DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS BULL.497

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES 2 CLAIMS; STRAY DOG AND BUCKEYE. DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY D.DUFRENS & S.G. HULL. PART OF THE WEST VEIN SYSTEM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Depta, Mary J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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