The Buckskin National Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.79306, -117.53944
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Buckskin National Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin National Mine
Secondary: Bell and Ward Claims
Secondary: Bell Group
Secondary: Orman Bell Claims, Finis Claim 1/4 Mile South
Secondary: Buckskin Mountain Property- Area Including Buckskin National,
Secondary: Hatch? Halcyon Mines,
Secondary: Etc Is Under Lease To Asarco-By Buckskin National Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: NBMG Sample- Sites 479, -480, 481;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. Mc Cormick Et. Al. , Buckskin National Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: Nevada Lucky Tiger Mining Co. ; Asarco
Years: 1938 -
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-15 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Two Approximately Orthogonal Fault Sets Have Influenced Rock Distribution And Hydrothermal Mineralization. These R-Un Approximately N-S And E-W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: See Comments
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 15.000000+-1.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Pyroclastic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 15.000000+-1.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 15.000000+-1.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 15.000000+-1.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 15.000000+-1.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 15.000000+-1.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. GRADE OF ORE $16/TON IN 1938. SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 9.18% SB. SAMPLE 479 OF SELECT ORE-GRADE VEIN MATTER FROM THE DUMP OF THE BUCKSKIN NATIONAL MINE CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.05 % M-G, 0.05 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 20 PPM AU (- 0 PPM AU BY AA ANALYSIS), 100 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10-0 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 50 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 70 PPM -ZR. SAMPLE 480 OF SELECT VEIN MATTER FROM THE DUMP OF THE HALC-YON MINE NORTH OF THE BUCKSKIN NATIONAL CONTAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.0-2 % MG, 0.01 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 1.6 PPM AU (BY AA AN-ALYSIS) 30 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, -20 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 10 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 481 OF SELECT VEIN MA-TTER FROM THE APEX OF THE BELL VEIN, A FEW HUNDRED FT WEST OF -THE HALCYON MINE, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.05 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 50 PPM-AG, 500 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 50 PPM CU, 50- PPM LA, 20 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM Y, 70 PPM- ZR, AND 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Naumannite
Ore: Miargyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH-EAST FLANK OF BUCKSKIN MOUNTAIN
Comment (Commodity): ORIGINALLY LOCATED FOR GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADITS, OTHER WORKINGSMILL BURNED IN 1937. MOST DRIFTS ARE ALONG N-TRENDING VEINS. CORE DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Deposit): SILVER AND GOLD CLAIMS WERE STAKED ON BUCKSKIN PEAK PRIOR TO 1907. THE BUCKSKIN NATIONAL MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1912 THROUGH 1940. THE PROPERTY COMPRISES 2 PATENTED AND 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE BUCKSKIN NATIONAL GOLD MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED IN 1912. IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL, BUT THE ORE WAS FOUND TO BE UNSUITABLE FOR THE FLOTATION PROCESS. FROM ABOUT 1928 TO 1938 THE PROPERTY WAS RUN BY THE NEVADA LUCKY, TIGER MINING CO. UNDER LEASE. IN JUNE, 1937, 50 MEN WERE EMPLOYED PRODUCING 50 T.P.D. DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTED OF 3 ADITS (ONE 1250 FT. LONG), A SHAFT, AND OTHER WORKINGS TOTALLING 6500 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM SURFACE MG DEPOSITS IN SINTER TO SBRICH UPPER PORTIONS OF VEINS TO DEEPER RUBY SILVER AND GOLDBEARING QUARTZ VEINS.THE MINES EXPLORE 2 N15W, 75SW VEINS WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO AND ON STRIKE WITH THE NATIONAL AND BIRTHDAY VEINS 7 KM TO THE NW. THE EASTERN VEIN IS THE LAWRY AND THE WESTERN VEIN IS THE BELL VEIN. THE TOPS OF THE VEIN SYSTEM CAN BE SEEN AT THE SURFACE IN PITS AND STOPES. THE VEINS ARE ON A 3M WIDE SILICIFIED ZONE WITH VEINS AND STOCKWORKS OF FINE-GRAINED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ WITH FINE LAMINATED CRUSTIFICATION. STIBNITE OCCURS IN UPPER PARTS OF THESE VEINS; IT IS ABSENT OR LATE-STAGE IN DEEPER VEINS. THERE ARE 4 STAGES OF VEIN MINERALIZATION: STAGE IV (LATEST, HIGHEST IN SYSTEM) STIBNITE AND AG SULFOSALTS AND FINE CRUSTIFORM CHALCEDONY; STAGE III STRONG PY AND MARCASITE; STAGE II RHYTHMICALLY CRUSTIFIED QUARTZCHALCEDONY VEINS WITH AG LFOSALTS AND NATIVE AU (ELECTRUM); STAGE I (DEEPEST) SILVER MINERALS ASSOCIATEDWITH WHITE KMICA
Comment (Deposit): AND FELDSPARSTABLE ALTERATION. THE TOPS OF THESE VEINS "APEX" ABOUT 200 M BELOW THE PALEOSURFACE (POOL SINTERS, ETC.). FLUID INCLUSIONS FROM THESE VEINS INDICATE TEMPERATURES OF APPROX 175 DEGREES C WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF OVERPRESSURE. HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIAS NOTED. THE BELL VEIN UNDERGROUND CONSISTS OF A STRONG IRONSULFIDE ZONE SEVERAL METERS WIDE WITH A 2060 CM CRUSTIFIED QUARTZ VEIN IN CENTER.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME RESERVES OF LESS THAN 2 LB ORE IN 1949. ITEM 1 EST AS OF 1958.
Comment (Production): AVG. GRADE OF ORE IN 1938 WAS $16/TON; UP TO 9.18% S.B.IN 1983, ORE GRADE IN VEINS WAS REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.6 OZ/TON AU, 20 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Development): IN JUNE, 1937, 50 MEN WERE EMPLOYED PRODUCING 50 T.P. D.. ASARCO HAS DRILLED 1000 M OR MORE OF CORE HOLES. GEOLOGIST PETE VIKRE LED NBMG GEOLOGISTS ON A TOUR OF THE PROPE-RTY IN 1983. NO ACTIVITY AT THAT TIME.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: FISSURE VEIN AVERAGES 4 FT WIDE, OPENED UP FOR 3000 FT. ALONG STRIKE ON THE 10-FT LEVEL. THE RHYOLITIC ROCKS ARE PERALUMINOUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S. BM, INF. CIRC. 6995
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 601.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUR-MINES BULL. 61.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J. AND BONHAM, M. F., JR., 18 AUG 83, FIELD EXAMINATION AND TOUR LED BY PETE VIKRE OF ASARCO MINERALS,-AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P. G., 1985, PRECIOUS METAL VEIN SYSTEMS IN THE NATIONAL DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: ECON. GEOL., VO-L. 80, NO. 2, P. 360-393.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MAP 88, 1986, GEOLOGY OF BUCKSKIN MOUNTAIN, BY P. G. VIKRE.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DEPT. OF MINERAL, 1993
Reference (Deposit): MILLER AND RUMPSEY, USBM PRODUCTION FIGURES
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964 NEVADA DEPT OF MINERALS , 1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA DEPT OF MINERALS, 1993
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
