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Buster Mines

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Copper, Lead
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103926
MRDS ID M231125
Record type Site
Current site name Buster Mines
Alternate or previous names Maciza, Dispensia Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.39572, 39.67072 (WGS84)
Relative position ON DIVIDE BETWEEN FRANK FREE AND TIGER CANYONS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olinghouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 023E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Propylitization

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Chloropaqus Formation
    Rock description Chloropaqus Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.39572, 39.67072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Olinghouse Fault, N45 Deg E, Dips E

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In And Adjacent To Dike Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Olinghouse, (White Horse) District

Comments on the workings information

  • A LARGE, IRREGULARLY SHAPED BODY OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY INTRUDES ANDESITES OF CHLOROPAQUS FORMATION. MINE WORKINGS EXPLORE NORTH-TRENDING ALTERED AND SILICIFIED ZONES ALONG THIS CONTACT. FREE GOLD OCCURS IN "SPOTS" OF OXIDIZED CHALCOPYRITE ALONG FRACTURES IN GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY WITH DRUSY WHITE QUARTZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    HILL, JM, ECON GEOL RAMSEY, TALAPOOSA, WHITE HORSE DIST, USGS BULL 470, 1911, P 99-108.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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.

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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.