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Buckskin National Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Mercury, 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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281271
MRDS ID M055027
MAS/MILS ID 0320130206
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin National Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Lucky Tiger, Buckskin Peak Mine, Mccormick-Dermody, Bell & Ward Claim
Related records 10310424, 10040312

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.54128, 41.79268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 039 E 11 SENESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.54128, 41.79268
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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

Mining district

District name National Mining District

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Measured 125191mt ore
    Demonstrated 125191mt ore
    Total resources 125191mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.34 g/mt Gold Major 1996
    Silver Ag 116.48 g/mt Silver Trace 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P234.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR OF MINES INFORM CIRC 6995, 1938, P. 35

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MIN BULL 41, 1944, P.92PL.1

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MIN BULL 59 1964,TB23

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT.OF INVEST. 5285, 1956 P35

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 922-E 1940, P125

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8252, 1965, P.226

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-OCT-96 Linne, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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