The Big Buck Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.90306, -114.05917
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Big Buck Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Buck Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1721
Secondary: On Winner No. 2 Patented Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Andesite Mining Co.
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N55w, Ne Dipping Post-Mineral Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Volcanics
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A-1-FT VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.170 OZ/T AU, 0.3 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1721 CONTAINS 300 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 700 PPM BA, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE NORTHERN PORTION OF SNOWFLAKE VEIN COMPLEX SW OF A N55W, NE DIPPING POST-MINERAL FAULT. THERE ARE SEVERAL MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS 2-3 FT WIDE EXPOSED IN A DEEP SHAFT AND STOPE. SUB-PARALLEL VEIN SYSTEMS AND STOCKWORK ZONES LIE ADJACENT TO MAIN VEINS IN ALTERED ANDESITE/LATITE WALLROCK. THE ZONES OF QUARTZ VEINING AND STOCK WORKING EXTEND THE ZONE TO ABOUT 20 FT OR GREATER IN MINABLE WIDTH. QUARTZ VEINS MAKE UP AS MUCH AS 50% OF THE ZONE. THE ANDESITE/LATITE WALLROCK IS SHEARED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIN, MOSTLY PARALLEL TO THE MAIN VEIN ORIENTATION. THE GENERAL TREND OF THE MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED IN THE STOPES ARE N-5 TO N15E. THE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FOUND ON THE DUMP IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT SEEN AT THE SNOWFLAKE QUARRY; IE, BANDED, FISSURE-TYPE QUARTZ OFTEN VUGGY AND IRON-STAINED AND CONTAINING ALTERED ANDESITE FRAGMENTS. MORE PYRITE OCCURS IN THIS VEIN MATERIAL THAN WAS NOTED AT THE SNOWFLAKE MINE. SOME PYRITE IS ALTERED TO LIMONITE. AGAIN, QUARTZ
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
Comment (Development): PROPERTY IS THE SITE OF RECENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITY. DRILLING PROBABLY TOOK PLACE 2-4 YEARS AGO (1983 REPORT)
Comment (Deposit): AFTER CALCITE TEXTURES ARE VERY COMMON.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS, STOPES, ADITS-MORE THAN SHOWN ON MAP. SIX OR SEVEN LEVELS OF CLOSELY SPACED DRILL ROADS ON NORTH SIDE OF BUCK MOUNTAIN JUST ABOVE WORKINGS. MAIN SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AT 30, 50, AND 100 FT. SOME STOPES EXTENDING TO SURFACE
References
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF SEPT. 17,1983
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3., NO. 1, P. 38, P. 26, 38-41
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.
