Buckeye Mine

The Buckeye Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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

Name: Buckeye Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.85778, -115.41278

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Buckeye Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Buckeye Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Crater Range


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 2 CLAIMS; STRAY DOG AND BUCKEYE. DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY D.DUFRENS & S.G. HULL. PART OF THE WEST VEIN SYSTEM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): 1,800 FT. ABOVE THE RIVER

Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT,NV., USGS BULL.741

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1912)A RECONNAISSSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MTN/MINIG DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS BULL.497

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.