The Buckaroo Workings is a lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 37.9125, -114.60333
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Buckaroo Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckaroo Workings
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1200 FT SOUTH OF ONE WHEEL CANYON
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP; VEIN NOT EXPOSED AT SURFACE
Comment (Workings): ADIT BEARING N 10 W, REPORTEDLY EXTENDING 250 FT FROM PORTAL, BUT CAVED 20 FT FROM PORTAL
References
Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, M.S. THESIS, P. 85
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.
