The Buckeye and Ohio is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Buckeye and Ohio MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye and Ohio
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Good Hope
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N73w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silification Along Vein, Argillation Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Freibergite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): MINE OPERATED FROM 1882 TO 1884, PRODUCING OVER $100,000 IN SILVER SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ANTIMONY WERE PRODUCED IN 1950.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN CONTAINING ARSENOPYRITE, FREIBERGITE, RUBY SILVER, STIBNITE, PYRITE, & PYRARGYRITE
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON FOURMILE CREEK. THE MINE WAS OPERATED FROM 1882-1884 AND OVER $100,000 IN AG WAS PRODUCED. SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ANTIMONY WAS PRODUCED IN 1950
Comment (Production): MINE OPERATED FROM 1882 TO 1884 PRODUCING OVER $100,000 IN SILVER, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ANTIMONY WERE PRODUCED IN 1950.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER & EUREKA CO'S NEV., USGS BULL. 408
Reference (Production): SMITH, R. M., (1976)
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.
