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Buckhorn Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125535
MAS/MILS ID 0320310128
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine
Alternate or previous names Hallelujah Junction Area, Antelope Range Area, Peterson Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.99682, 39.82909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 023 N 018 E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CA-NV BORDER EXTENDS THROUGH PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.99682, 39.82909
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline Peak

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETION 70, 1969, P. 89-90.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 105.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.