The Lone Buck Prospect is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.80972, -114.34417
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Lone Buck Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Buck Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting, Folding
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: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Workings): CUT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): "INDICATED ORE"
Comment (Development): IN 1941 THE USBM CUT SEVERAL SAMPLES ALONG THE OUTCROP OF THE VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A QUARTZ VEIN. A SMALL REMNANT OF AN ORE SHOOTIS EXPOSED, 60 FT LONG, 1.8 FT WIDE, AVERAGING ABOUT 1.74% WO3 (ABOUT 200 TONS OF ORE)
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION OF TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P.76-77
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.
