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Old Buster Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106933
MRDS ID M242010
Record type Site
Current site name Old Buster Mine
Alternate or previous names Pigeon Springs Mine, NBMG Sample Site 1128

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63203, 37.48884 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 039E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto Limestone
    Rock description Palmetto Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63203, 37.48884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intense Faulting In Area: Some Thrust And Some Vertical

Ore body information

  • Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Large Low-Angle Gouge Zone In Contact With A Skarn Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmetto? District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kemco
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • 242-FT MAIN SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 90 FT, 135 FT, STOPES, DRIFTS, WINZE. ABOUT 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE MAIN SHAFT IS ANOTHER 200-250-FT SHAFT(CAVED IN 1965). SOME BULL DOZER WORK DONE ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF THE CAMP; PROSPECT HOLES

Comments on development

  • MAIN SHAFT WAS RETIMBERED IN 1964. "BUSTER CAMP LIES BETWEEN THE 2 SHAFTS IT WAS IN FULL OPERATION IN 1909, WITH A 10-STAMP MILL, AND HIGH-GRADE ORE BEING MINED BY LESSEES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 4

  • Deposit

    NOTTI, TONY T., 1965, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE LIDA AND PALMETTO MINING DISTRICTS: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 6.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, FIELD EXAMINATION, JUNE 3, 1982

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA;" MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P. 123-125.

  • Deposit

    JONES AND PAPKE, 1984, NBMG MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN BUSTER VEIN AND A PARALLEL VEIN TO THE NORTH. BUSTER VEIN SYSTEM IS 300 FT WIDE, IN LIMESTONE
Deposit ALTHOUGH MENTION IS MADE OF TUNGSTON LEVEL, THERE IS NO RECORD OF TUNGSTON PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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