The Buckeye Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,550 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,550 Feet (2,606 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.57444, -117.05778
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Buckeye Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Prospect
Secondary: Sherman ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Buckeye Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, SMALL POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post-Mineral Faulting Formed Quartzose Gouge
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization Of Vein
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS IN SMALL VEINS OF COMBY QUARTZ WITH SPECKS OF LIMONITE CONTAINING RARE SPECKS OF FREE GOLD.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1915 CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS. ONE 750 FT LONG, AND A 100-FT SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 136
Reference (Deposit): LIDDELL,CHARLES A.,1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 240, ITEM 3.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.
