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Buckeye and Ohio

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045495
MRDS ID M233254
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye and Ohio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.4865, 41.4474 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Cow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041 049E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Freibergite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification Along Vein, Argillation Of Rhyolite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.4865, 41.4474
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N73w

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Good Hope

Comments on the production information

  • MINE OPERATED FROM 1882 TO 1884 PRODUCING OVER $100,000 IN SILVER, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ANTIMONY WERE PRODUCED IN 1950.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATED FROM 1882 TO 1884, PRODUCING OVER $100,000 IN SILVER SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ANTIMONY WERE PRODUCED IN 1950.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER & EUREKA CO'S NEV., USGS BULL. 408

  • Production

    SMITH, R. M., (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN CONTAINING ARSENOPYRITE, FREIBERGITE, RUBY SILVER, STIBNITE, PYRITE, & PYRARGYRITE
Deposit LOCATED ON FOURMILE CREEK. THE MINE WAS OPERATED FROM 1882-1884 AND OVER $100,000 IN AG WAS PRODUCED. SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ANTIMONY WAS PRODUCED IN 1950

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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