The Old Buster Mine is a tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.48889, -117.63111
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Old Buster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Buster Mine
Secondary: Pigeon Springs Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1128
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Palmetto? District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Kemco
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Intense Faulting In Area: Some Thrust And Some Vertical
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MAIN BUSTER VEIN AND A PARALLEL VEIN TO THE NORTH. BUSTER VEIN SYSTEM IS 300 FT WIDE, IN LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): 242-FT MAIN SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 90 FT, 135 FT, STOPES, DRIFTS, WINZE. ABOUT 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE MAIN SHAFT IS ANOTHER 200-250-FT SHAFT(CAVED IN 1965). SOME BULL DOZER WORK DONE ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF THE CAMP; PROSPECT HOLES
Comment (Deposit): ALTHOUGH MENTION IS MADE OF TUNGSTON LEVEL, THERE IS NO RECORD OF TUNGSTON PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): MAIN SHAFT WAS RETIMBERED IN 1964. "BUSTER CAMP LIES BETWEEN THE 2 SHAFTS IT WAS IN FULL OPERATION IN 1909, WITH A 10-STAMP MILL, AND HIGH-GRADE ORE BEING MINED BY LESSEES
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 4
Reference (Deposit): NOTTI, TONY T., 1965, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE LIDA AND PALMETTO MINING DISTRICTS: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 6.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, FIELD EXAMINATION, JUNE 3, 1982
Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA;" MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P. 123-125.
Reference (Deposit): JONES AND PAPKE, 1984, NBMG MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES.
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.
