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Buster Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247379
MRDS ID M060205
MAS/MILS ID 0320270011
Record type Site
Current site name Buster Mine
Alternate or previous names M G L, Buster, Cowles
Related records 10042417

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.2643, 40.03379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tohakum Peak SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 024 E 15 NESESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.2643, 40.03379
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL. 89, 1977, P. 75, PL. 2A

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO

  • Deposit

    GIANELLA (1945) P 155

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BULL (1932) P 78

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN (1923) MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 Robinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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