Buster G.M. Co.

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

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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.