The Buster G.M. Co. is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.8625, -115.42167
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Buster G.M. Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buster G.M. Co.
Secondary: Buster 1,2,3
Secondary: Buster Fraction Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Buster Gold Mining Co. Of Jarbidge
Owner Name: Buster G. M. Co.
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SILICIFICATION
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 3-STAMP MILL INSTALLED AT BUSTER IN 1910
Comment (Deposit): VEINS; SEVERAL PARALLEL
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL SHORT PARALLEL VEINS, ONE IN 30-FT-WIDE LODE,30 FT. HIGH OUTCROP, 600 FTLONG
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES BUSTER FR. AND 1 2, AND 3. LOCATED IN LATE 1909; OWNED & OPERATED IN 1910 BY BUSTER MINING CO. OF JARBIDGE, PROPERTY WAS OPENED BY A 125-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL. 3-STAMP MILL INSTALLED AT BUSTER IN 1910. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE,J.F.(1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER,F.C.(1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 497.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C.(1912)
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.
