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Buckskin Mine

Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106871
MRDS ID M035885
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Mine
Related records 10310514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.35071, 38.99352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 3 MI. NORTH OF ARTESIA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 023E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.35071, 38.99352
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buckskin (Smith Valley) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pacific Silver Corp.
    Home office K. L. Stoker, President, P. O. Box 486, Yerington, Nv. 89447
    First year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1900-1978
    Material ORE AU AG CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.05-0.2 Oz Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Material ORE AU AG CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • UNSPEC. PROD.

Comments on development

  • LISTED IN 1983 AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND AU-CU MINE WITH ONGOING DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYING 18 PERSONS. THE MINE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY AMBASSADOR GOLD MINE LTD IN 1936, AT WHICH TIME THE MILL WAS RECONSTRUCTED (A 50-TON FLOTATION PLANT). GOLD ORE WAS MINED DURING WW I, AND ALSO INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1930-1950. IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1970 BY LION HILL MINES AND DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE IN 1971, 1972 AND 1973 TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT, 12 HOLS ALONG STRIKE FOR 1000 FT. PACIFIC SILVER WAS DRILLING AND DEVELOPING THE 230 FT LEVEL IN 1983 (APRIL) AND THEY INCREASED STATED RESERVES FROM 300000 TONS TO 400000 TONS AVERAGING 0.2 OZ AU/T, 0.4 OZ AG/T AND 0.9 % CU WITH A POTENTIAL OF 1.5 MILLION TONS ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Production

    NBMG DISTRICT FILES, 35, PRESS CLIPPINGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLDEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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