Buckaroo Workings

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese, Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046420
MRDS ID M241577
Record type Site
Current site name Buckaroo Workings
Related records 10198626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60417, 37.91246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2200 FT S 40 W FROM FORLORN HOPE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 066E 29 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1200 FT SOUTH OF ONE WHEEL CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale (Upper Part)
    Rock description Pioche Shale (Upper Part)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60417, 37.91246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT BEARING N 10 W, REPORTEDLY EXTENDING 250 FT FROM PORTAL, BUT CAVED 20 FT FROM PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, M.S. THESIS, P. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP; VEIN NOT EXPOSED AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.