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Big Buck Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246786
MRDS ID M241608
MAS/MILS ID 0320170243
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buck Mine
Alternate or previous names Snowflake Group
Related records 10046445

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.05942, 37.90277 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 071 E 32 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.05942, 37.90277
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 23, P. 161

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-1994 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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.