Little Buck Mine

The Little Buck Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,929 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Buck Mine
Secondary: Winner No. 2 Claim and Snowflake No. 10 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead

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

Type: Underground

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: N50w, 38ne Fault, Probably Pre-Mineral With Small Post-Mineral Movement.; Other Small Post-Mineral Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS UP TO 0.9 OZ/T AU

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): LARGEST MINE ON THE SNOWFLAKE VEIN, RIVALS THE JENNIE AS THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF MIDNIGHT WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Comment (Workings): THE LITTLE BUCK SHAFT IS INCLINED 70 DEGREE AND HAS 4 LEVELS AT 70 FT, 135 FT, 185 FT AND 270 FT. THERE ARE 60 FT OF DRIFTS ON THE 70 FT LEVEL, 340 ON THE 1358 520 ON THE 185 AND 420 FT OF DRIFTS OF DRIFTS ONTHE 270 FT LEVEL. ORE BODY WAS DEVELOPED AND MINED BY RAISING FROM THE LEVELS AND STOPING ORE BETEEN THE LEVELS. SHAFT CAVED 20 FT BELOW COLLAR IN 1976

Comment (Production): PROBABLY HAD PRODUCTION OF AS MUCH AS THE JENNIE MINE, WHICH PRODUCED 16, 391 TONS, 1907-1948.

Comment (Deposit): AN EASTERN STRAND OF THE SNOWFLAKE VEIN CALLED THE LITTLE BUCK VEIN. AT SOME PLACES THERE IS A SPLITTING OF THE VEIN BUT AFTER A FEW FT THE AVERAGE WIDTH IS AGAIN DEVELOPED. BOXWORK DERIVED FROM PYRITE

References

Reference (Production): PERRY, L.I., 1976, P.42.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P.23-49, PL.2

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.