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Buck and Charley Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042550
MRDS ID M060374
Record type Site
Current site name Buck and Charley Mine
Alternate or previous names Rochester-Plymouth Mines ?, NBMG Sample Site 2558
Related records 10296337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19736, 40.28351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position SOUTHSIDE ROCHESTER CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 028N 034E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH CENTRAL SEC. 18; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2558, DUMP SELECT OF SILICIFIED, PYRITIZED ROCHESTER RHYOLITE WITH SPHALERITE AND GALENA CONTAINS 20% FE, O-.5 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.02 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 70 PPM- B, 70 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 70 PPM BI, 500 PPM CD, 50 PPM CO, 100-0 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, +10000- PPM ZN, AND 7.9 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19736, 40.28351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 50-70S

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS A HIGHLY SILICIFIED FELSITE NETTED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS, ALTERED BY DESCENDING SOLUTIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND A SHAFT 200 FT DEEP SUNK FROM LOWEST ADIT LEVEL. MAIN ADIT, SEVERAL PITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, REMAINS OF MILL, SEVERAL HOUSES IN POOR CONDITION

Comments on development

  • WORKED 1913-1929 AND PERIODICALLY IN 1960'S AND 1970'S. INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A HIGHLY SILICIFIED FELSITE NETTED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS, ALTERED BY DESCENDING SOLUTIONS. SILICIFIED RHYOLITE CONTAINS ABUNDANT FINE-GRAINED PYRITE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1912. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFT 200 FEET DEEP SUNK FROM THE LOWEST ADIT LEVEL. WORKED FROM 1913 TO 1929. IN 1940'S DEPOSIT WAS EXAMINED FOR ITS PB-ZN POTENTIAL. MINE HAS BEEN OPERATING PERIODICALLY IN 1960'S AND 1970'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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