Buckskin Mine

Plant in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294439
MAS/MILS ID 0320050039
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.35179, 38.99211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 023 E 13 S2NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: SECTION 13, T13N, R23E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.35179, 38.99211

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1984
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Flotation

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dwight Crossland-Pacific Silver Corp
    ID 2601685
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Silver Corp
    ID 2601685
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sonora Mining Corp.
    ID 2601685
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sonora Mining Corp.
    ID 2601685
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 71, 1969, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDARY YEAR 1982, 60 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-96 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/10/1995
MSHA mine ID2601685
Mine name (MSHA)Buckskin
Current operatorSonora Mining Corp
Current controller (parent)Sonora Gold Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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