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Buckskin Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10046906
MRDS ID M242133
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.29011, 37.93465 (WGS84)
Elevation 2371

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 15 PROJECTED FROM NORTH S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.6 MILE NW OF GOLD HIT SITE ON TOPO MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.29011, 37.93465
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A N 75 E Shear Zone Cuts Main N 30 E Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PIPE
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 65 SE
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Intersection Of Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, TRENCHES, PAN RETORT - BUILT ABOUT 1962

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982, BUT NEW CLAIM POSTS NOTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV: NBMG. BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 14 AUGUST 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE IN ALTERED RHYOLITE WITH THICK BANDS OF KAOLINIZED ROCK ON EACH WALL. (SHEAR ZONE ABOUT 6 FT WIDE). CAVED ZONE ABOVE OLD ADIT EXPOSES BRECCIA-VEIN STRUCTURE ABOUT 25 FT WIDE. ROCK IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED, BROKEN THEN RECEMENTED WITH CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ WITH DULL HEMATITE-CINNABAR QUARTZ COATING SURFACES AND VUGS. THE BRECCIA ZONE COULD BE A PIPE ALONG STRUCTURAL INTERSECTION. CINNABAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH LATEST MINERALIZATION STAGE, AS IT COATS OPEN FRACTURES WHICH CUT SILICIFIED BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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