The Buckskin Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.99361, -119.34972
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Buckskin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Buckskin (Smith Valley) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pacific Silver Corp.
Home Office: K. L. Stoker, President, P. O. Box 486, Yerington, Nv. 89447
Years: 1983 -
Production
Year: 1983
Material type: ORE AU AG CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au/T
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1900-1978
Material type: ORE AU AG CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.05-0.2 Oz Au/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): UNSPEC. PROD.
Comment (Development): LISTED IN 1983 AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND AU-CU MINE WITH ONGOING DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYING 18 PERSONS. THE MINE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY AMBASSADOR GOLD MINE LTD IN 1936, AT WHICH TIME THE MILL WAS RECONSTRUCTED (A 50-TON FLOTATION PLANT). GOLD ORE WAS MINED DURING WW I, AND ALSO INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1930-1950. IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1970 BY LION HILL MINES AND DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE IN 1971, 1972 AND 1973 TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT, 12 HOLS ALONG STRIKE FOR 1000 FT. PACIFIC SILVER WAS DRILLING AND DEVELOPING THE 230 FT LEVEL IN 1983 (APRIL) AND THEY INCREASED STATED RESERVES FROM 300000 TONS TO 400000 TONS AVERAGING 0.2 OZ AU/T, 0.4 OZ AG/T AND 0.9 % CU WITH A POTENTIAL OF 1.5 MILLION TONS ORE.
Comment (Deposit): OLDEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
Reference (Production): NBMG DISTRICT FILES, 35, PRESS CLIPPINGS
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.
