Buster G.M. Co.

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111454
MRDS ID M232966
Record type Site
Current site name Buster G.M. Co.
Alternate or previous names Buster 1,2,3, Buster Fraction Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42258, 41.8624 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 3/4 MILE SE OF JARBIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 058E 21;22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SILICIFICATION

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42258, 41.8624

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crater Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SHORT PARALLEL VEINS, ONE IN 30-FT-WIDE LODE,30 FT. HIGH OUTCROP, 600 FTLONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Buster Gold Mining Co. Of Jarbidge
  • Type Owner
    Owner Buster G. M. Co.
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3657.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT

Comments on development

  • 3-STAMP MILL INSTALLED AT BUSTER IN 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE,J.F.(1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.(1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 497.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1912)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS; SEVERAL PARALLEL
Deposit INCLUDES BUSTER FR. AND 1 2, AND 3. LOCATED IN LATE 1909; OWNED & OPERATED IN 1910 BY BUSTER MINING CO. OF JARBIDGE, PROPERTY WAS OPENED BY A 125-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL. 3-STAMP MILL INSTALLED AT BUSTER IN 1910. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Depta, Mary J. 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

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