1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Big Buck Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046445
MRDS ID M241608
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buck Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1721, On Winner No. 2 Patented Claim
Related records 10246786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05999, 37.90303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position IN MIDNIGHT WASH JUST BELOW ITS HEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 071E 32 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Of Volcanics

Analytical data

Result A-1-FT VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.170 OZ/T AU, 0.3 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1721 CONTAINS 300 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 700 PPM BA, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05999, 37.90303
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N55w, Ne Dipping Post-Mineral Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Andesite Mining Co.
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, STOPES, ADITS-MORE THAN SHOWN ON MAP. SIX OR SEVEN LEVELS OF CLOSELY SPACED DRILL ROADS ON NORTH SIDE OF BUCK MOUNTAIN JUST ABOVE WORKINGS. MAIN SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AT 30, 50, AND 100 FT. SOME STOPES EXTENDING TO SURFACE

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY IS THE SITE OF RECENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITY. DRILLING PROBABLY TOOK PLACE 2-4 YEARS AGO (1983 REPORT)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF SEPT. 17,1983

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3., NO. 1, P. 38, P. 26, 38-41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AFTER CALCITE TEXTURES ARE VERY COMMON.
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE NORTHERN PORTION OF SNOWFLAKE VEIN COMPLEX SW OF A N55W, NE DIPPING POST-MINERAL FAULT. THERE ARE SEVERAL MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS 2-3 FT WIDE EXPOSED IN A DEEP SHAFT AND STOPE. SUB-PARALLEL VEIN SYSTEMS AND STOCKWORK ZONES LIE ADJACENT TO MAIN VEINS IN ALTERED ANDESITE/LATITE WALLROCK. THE ZONES OF QUARTZ VEINING AND STOCK WORKING EXTEND THE ZONE TO ABOUT 20 FT OR GREATER IN MINABLE WIDTH. QUARTZ VEINS MAKE UP AS MUCH AS 50% OF THE ZONE. THE ANDESITE/LATITE WALLROCK IS SHEARED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIN, MOSTLY PARALLEL TO THE MAIN VEIN ORIENTATION. THE GENERAL TREND OF THE MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED IN THE STOPES ARE N-5 TO N15E. THE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FOUND ON THE DUMP IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT SEEN AT THE SNOWFLAKE QUARRY; IE, BANDED, FISSURE-TYPE QUARTZ OFTEN VUGGY AND IRON-STAINED AND CONTAINING ALTERED ANDESITE FRAGMENTS. MORE PYRITE OCCURS IN THIS VEIN MATERIAL THAN WAS NOTED AT THE SNOWFLAKE MINE. SOME PYRITE IS ALTERED TO LIMONITE. AGAIN, QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 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.

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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