Buzzard Mine

The Buzzard Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,549 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buzzard Mine
Secondary: Cyclone, Replublec Patented Claims
Secondary: Formerly Part of the Iron Canyon Claim Group Owned By Iron Canyon
Secondary: Gold Mining Co

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Iron Canyon Gold Mining, Co.
Years: 1910 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Antler And Dewitt Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: APPROX 2 OZ AG PER TON
Analytical Data: 1936 ORE
Analytical Data: 0.76% CU ORE SHIPPED CONTAINED UP TO 2.81 OZ AU/TON AND 32.9 OZ AG/TON.
Analytical Data: 0.18 OZ. AU/TON

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): NO RECORD OF EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY OVER $200,000. WORTH. IN 1910, THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY IRON CANYON GOLD MINING, CO., WITH ORE TREATED IN A 20-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLATN, WHERE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ORE WERE TREATED. THE MINE WAS WORKED BY LESSEES IN TH 1930'S

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SHEAR ZONE; GOLD-SILVER ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS PARALLELING DIP OF VEIN.

Comment (Geology): VEIN RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 8 FEET WIDE, AVERAGING 3 FT. GOLD AND SILVER ORE OCCUR IN SHORT SHOOT PARALLELING DIP OF VEIN. AU AND AG OCCUR IN GANGUE OF SOFT, POROUS LINONITIC MATERIAL AND QUARTZ IN THE OXIDEZED ZONE. AT SOUTH END OF VEIN, ORE IS HARD, QTZOSE MATERIAL BEARING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND THEIR OXIDATION PRODUCTS. CU AND AU CONTENT INCREASED WITH DEPTH.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1880'S AND ACRIVELY WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH NO STATICSTICS AVAILABLE ON EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY OVER $200,000. WORTH. 1910-PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY IRON CANYON GOLD MINING CO., WITH ORE TREATED IN A 20-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLANTATMOUTH OF GALENA CANYON, WHERE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TOS ORE WERE TREATED. MINE WAS WORKED BY LESSEES IN 1930'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): RIDGECREST BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & IRON CANYONS

References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 88.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939 RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV, USGM INF CIRC 7043

Reference (Deposit): HILL., J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFRONIA AND NW NEVADA; USGS BULL 594

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE,HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B

Reference (Production): STEWART, MCKEE, AND STAGER, 1977

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.