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Buckingham Moly Deposit

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  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 10173778
MRDS ID M231306
MAS/MILS ID 0320150108
Record type Site
Current site name Buckingham Moly Deposit
Alternate or previous names Buckingham, Rocky Mountain Energy Moly Deposit, Amax Moly Mine, Buckingham Moly Mine
Related records 10310305

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.06264, 40.6155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 044 E 30 C S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.06264, 40.6155
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 640M
    Length 2000M
    Width 1200M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850820
  • Thickness 210M
    Length 550M
    Width 425M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830421

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNSPECIFIED METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ARGILLITE. L-REC 704 UNSPECIFIED METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ARGILLITE. ORE LARGELY IN FRACTURES IN HORNFELS AND QUARTZITES OF THE HARMONY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amax Inc.
    Interest 33
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rocky Mountain Energy Co. (Union Pacific)
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Demonstrated 217000000mt ore
    Total resources 217000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 4.11 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Molybdenum Mo 0.57 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1982
    Tungsten Wo3 0.005 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1982
    Copper Cu 0.03 wt-pct Copper Trace 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 78HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 14.8
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 20000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.92
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    701. SUTULOV, A. INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK. ALEXANDER

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUTULOV/ INTERMET PUBL., SANTIAGO, CHILE, 1982, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    56. BLAKE, D. W., T. G. THEODORE, J. N. BATCHELDER, AND

  • Deposit

    E. L. KRETCHMER. STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND

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    MINERALIZATION IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT,

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    LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS

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    OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGICAL

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    REP. 33, 1979, PP. 878-89.

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    381. LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL

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    RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,

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    NV, 1923, 280 PP.

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    588. ROBERTS, R. J. ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-10, 1951, SCALE 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    590. ROBERTS, R. J. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE

  • Deposit

    ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,

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    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-A, 1964,

  • Deposit

    PP. A1-A93.

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    591. ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD. ORE DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,

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    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-B, 1965,

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    PP. B1-B94.

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    592. ROBERTS, R. J., P. E. HOTZ, J. GILLULY, AND H. G.

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    FERGUSON. PALEOZOIC ROCKS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA. AAPG

  • Deposit

    BULL., V. 42, NO. 12, 1958, PP. 2813-2857.

  • Deposit

    605. SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPET, AND E. D. FIELDS. THE

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. TRANS. SOC. MIN. ENG. AIME, V. 244,

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    NO. 3, 1967, PP. 320-331.

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    606. SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPETT, AND E. D. FIELDS.

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    DUVAL'S NEW COPPER MINES SHOW COMPLEX GEOLOGIC HISTORY.

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    MIN. ENG., V. 20, NO. 3, 1968, PP. 55-62.

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    610. SCHILLING J. H. MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES

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    IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 66, 1980,

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    SCALE 1:1,000,000.

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    693. STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER.

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    GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

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    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 88, 1977, 106 PP.

  • Deposit

    706. THEODORE, T. G., AND D. B. BLAKE. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT

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    AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

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    SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-B, 1975, PP. B81-B86.

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    712. THEODORE, T. G., M. L. SILBERMAN, AND D. W. BLAKE.

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    GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF PLUTONIC ROCKS IN

  • Deposit

    THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY,

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    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-A, 1973,

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    PP. A1-A24.

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    717. TIPPETT, M. C. THE GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER BASIN ORE

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    DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

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    RENO, NV, 1967, 30 PP.

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    742. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING

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    DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

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    IC 7043, 1939, 83 PP.

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    794. WESTRA, G., AND S. B. KEITH. CLASSIFICATION AND

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    GENESIS OF STOCKWORK MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS. ECON. GEOL. AND

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    BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 76, NO. 4, 1981, PP. 844-873.

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    803. WILSON, B. R., AND S. W. LAULE. TECTONICS AND

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    SEDIMENTATION ALONG THE ANTLER OROGENIC BELT OF CENTRAL

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    NEVADA. PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE

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    SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,

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    OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.

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    RMAG, 1979, PP. 81-92.

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    813. WOODCOCK, J. R. MOLYBDENUM - A GUIDE TO NORTH

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    AMERICAN RESOURCES AND ONGOING PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT. ENG.

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    AND MIN. J., V. 180, NO. 8, 1979, PP. 86-89.

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    837. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). WHAT'S GOING ON IN

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    WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; NEVADA MAY BE THE

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    NEXT BIG MOLYBDENUM PRODUCER. V.34, NO.12, 1981, P.77.*

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    838. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN

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    WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL DISCOVERS

  • Deposit

    SILVER AND GOLD NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN. V. 35, NO. 1, 1982,

  • Deposit

    P. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BUCKINGHAM DEPOSIT IS A MOLYBDENITE-STOCKWORK SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH AN EAST-WEST ELONGATE BODY OF COMPOSITE QUARTZ MONZONITE-GRANITE STOCK. THE DEPOSIT IS A VERTICALLY-ELLIPTICAL LIMB ON THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THIS STOCK. 1/97: NO NEW INFO FOUND FOR AN UPDATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-97 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Amax Inc. — now part of Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Merged with Cyprus Minerals to form Cyprus Amax in 1993; Cyprus Amax → Phelps Dodge (1999) → Freeport-McMoRan (2007).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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