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Buckley Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050818
MRDS ID N000192
Record type Site
Current site name Buckley Mine
Alternate or previous names Myrtle Claims, NBMG Sample Site #3680

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53346, 38.73298 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 10N 31E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53346, 38.73298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 80 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS DOMINATELY IN GRANITE, WITH MINOR GOSSAN NEAR SOUTH SHAFT. DUMPS COVERED WITH BOTH ALASKITE AND VUGGY, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CONTAINING FINE-GRAINED PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlas Precious Metals, Inc.
    Home office 395 Freeport, Reno, Nv
    First year 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 1 SHAFT, AND PROSPECTS; RECENT ROAD BUILDING AND DRILLING . (MORE WORKINGS THAN SHOWN ON THE MAPS).

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SOME OF THE ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUCKLEY MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3680 VISIT 5/16/89; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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