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Buffalo Valley

Plant in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149446
MRDS ID M231308
MAS/MILS ID 0320150118
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Valley
Alternate or previous names Buffalo Valley Mines Co, Buffalo Valley Mine, Buffalo Valley Project, Buffalo Valley Mine and Mill, Hill and Estes Shaft, Fayant Adit
Related records 10106923, 10310306

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.25015, 40.6043 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 042 E 33 N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.25015, 40.6043
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1982
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation

Mining district

District name Buffalo Valley District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fairmile Gold Mining Inc. (100% Sub Of Fairmile Acq Inc)
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fairmile Acquisitions, Inc. (Owns Fairmile Gold 100%)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Horizon Gold Shares, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1988

Comments on the ownership information

  • IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN HORIZON GOLD SHARES, INC. GAVE UP, LOST, OR SOLD BUFFALO BALLEY. HORIZON STILL OWNED IT IN 1990. FAIRMILE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1993.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Indicated 6900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.26 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 3100000mt ore
    Total resources 3100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.96 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.16 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Total resources 15604000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.03 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 FT FENCE AROUND PREGNANT AND BARREN P0ND, GRADUATED WIRE. 4 FT BARBED WIRE AROUND MINE YARD AREAS, SECONDARY BIRD WATER POND OUTSIDE PROCESS AREA FOR ANIMALS. (NOTE: TOTAL AREA DISTURBED BY OPERATION WAS NOT REPORTED ON WORKSHEET.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL 83, #9, 4/28/97, P11.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7043, PP. 37-39.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P311.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P234.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P97.

  • Deposit

    1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P9.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 7/26/96, P60.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY FILE ALSO INCLUDES THE BUFFALO VALLEY MILL, MAS SEQ# 0320159026; MRDS # 2601938 ECHO BAY MINES IS EXPECTED TO GAIN AN 8% INTEREST IN FAIRMILE GOLD. THE PROPERTY HAS A CURRENT MINERALIZATION OF 17.2 M TONS GRADING 0.03 OZ. GOLD PER TON, EQUIVALENT TO 522,000 CONTAINED OZ (5-97).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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