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Buck Board Claim Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046722
MRDS ID M241923
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Board Claim Group
Related records 10295670

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37313, 37.29245 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. UTM IS VERY APPROXIMATE, 1000 M To Area Of Workings Shown On Topo Quad.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S;007S 041E;41E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF HORNSILVER. 5 CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS YIELDED TR. AU AND 0.26 TO 0.98 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37313, 37.29245
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, 50-FT INCLINE ON 25 DEGREE PITCH; CUTS

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY DEEMED NOT WORTHY OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN 1922.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1922, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON BUCK BOARD GROUP; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SERIES OF VEINS UP TO 3 FT WIDE, AVERAGING 1 FT WIDE, CONTAINING QUARTZ, CALCITE, LIMONITE WITH SILVER VALUES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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