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
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
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.
