The Buckley Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Buckley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckley Mine
Secondary: Myrtle Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3680
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Atlas Precious Metals, Inc.
Home Office: 395 Freeport, Reno, Nv
Years: 1988 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SOME OF THE ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS DOMINATELY IN GRANITE, WITH MINOR GOSSAN NEAR SOUTH SHAFT. DUMPS COVERED WITH BOTH ALASKITE AND VUGGY, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CONTAINING FINE-GRAINED PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, 1 SHAFT, AND PROSPECTS; RECENT ROAD BUILDING AND DRILLING . (MORE WORKINGS THAN SHOWN ON THE MAPS).
References
Reference (Deposit): BUCKLEY MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3680 VISIT 5/16/89; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
