| Deposit ID | 10125879 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320330459 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buck Mountain Gold Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Amer. Selco Buck Mtn Gold Prospect |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.52449, 39.74772 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2073 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
White Pine(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buck Mountain East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Long-Ruby 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 022 N | 057 E | 32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Claim (1) | -115.52449, 39.74772 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amselco Minerals, Inc. |
| Interest | 50 |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Occidental Minerals Corp. |
| Interest | 50 |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4500000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 5000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320330459 |
MINING MAGAZINE. HIGHLIGHTS. NORTH AMERICA. NEVADA GOLD
SEARCH. V. 140, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, P. 363.
ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORP. AND
AMSELCO MINERALS. EXPLORATION ROUNDUP, ON GOING PROJECTS,
U.S. E&MJ. V. 180, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, P. 31.
NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. AMSELCO ANNOUNCES GOLD DISCOVERY
IN NORTHESTERN NEVADA. NMA BULLETIN. VOL. 3, NO. 7,
JULY 1979, P. 6.
WARGO, JOSEPH G. THE NEXT EXPLORATION STAGE FOR CARLIN-TYPE
GOLD DEPOSITS. MINING ENGINEERING. VOL 31, NO 9, SEPTEMBER
1979, PP. 1321-1323.
FILLO, PAUL V. USBM LIAISON OFFICER NEVADA, MONTHLY REPORT,
OCTOBER 27, 1978
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OCTOBER 1978-AMERICAN SELCO, A DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY OF SELECTION TRUST OF LONDON, IS RUMORED TO HAVE MADE A MAJOR GOLD ORE FIND IN THE MUD SPRINGS AREA ON BUCK MTN. COURT- HOUSE RECORDS SHOW THEY HAVE ACQUIRED CLAIMS ON ABOUT 20,000 ACRES ON BUCK MOUNTAIN SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1976. AMSELCO CLAIMS COVER ALL OR PART OF SECTIONS 2,3,14,23 & 26 OF T21N, R57E, AND SECTIONS 4,10,14,15,17,22-24, 26-28, 33,34 & 36 OF T22N, R57E. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-JAN-84 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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