Buck and Charley Mine

The Buck and Charley Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buck and Charley Mine
Secondary: Rochester-Plymouth Mines ?
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2558

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2558, DUMP SELECT OF SILICIFIED, PYRITIZED ROCHESTER RHYOLITE WITH SPHALERITE AND GALENA CONTAINS 20% FE, O-.5 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.02 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 70 PPM- B, 70 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 70 PPM BI, 500 PPM CD, 50 PPM CO, 100-0 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, +10000- PPM ZN, AND 7.9 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS)

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS A HIGHLY SILICIFIED FELSITE NETTED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS, ALTERED BY DESCENDING SOLUTIONS. SILICIFIED RHYOLITE CONTAINS ABUNDANT FINE-GRAINED PYRITE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS AND A SHAFT 200 FT DEEP SUNK FROM LOWEST ADIT LEVEL. MAIN ADIT, SEVERAL PITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, REMAINS OF MILL, SEVERAL HOUSES IN POOR CONDITION

Comment (Geology): ORE IS A HIGHLY SILICIFIED FELSITE NETTED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS, ALTERED BY DESCENDING SOLUTIONS.

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1912. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFT 200 FEET DEEP SUNK FROM THE LOWEST ADIT LEVEL. WORKED FROM 1913 TO 1929. IN 1940'S DEPOSIT WAS EXAMINED FOR ITS PB-ZN POTENTIAL. MINE HAS BEEN OPERATING PERIODICALLY IN 1960'S AND 1970'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Development): WORKED 1913-1929 AND PERIODICALLY IN 1960'S AND 1970'S. INACTIVE IN 1984

Comment (Location): SOUTH CENTRAL SEC. 18; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

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.