The Buck Mountain Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.7478, -115.52360
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Buck Mountain Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buck Mountain Gold Prospect
Secondary: Amer. Selco Buck Mtn Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Occidental Minerals Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: Amselco Minerals, Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
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 (Ownership): AMSELCO IS A WHOLLY OWNED UNITED STATES SUBSIDIARY OF SELECTION TRUST LIMITED OF LONDON, ENGLAND. OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORPORATION IS A SUBSIDIARY OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.
Comment (Location): The closest Buck Mountain is about 7 miles SW of this location: lat/long NAD27 39-44-52N 115-31-25W (39.7478 -115.5236).
Comment (Deposit): OCTOBER 1978-AMERICAN SELCO, A DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY OF SELECTION TRUST OF LONDON, IS RUMORED TO HAVE MADE A MAJOR GOLD ORE FIND IN THE MUD SPRINGS AREA ON BUCK MTN. COURT- HOUSE RECORDS SHOW THEY HAVE ACQUIRED CLAIMS ON ABOUT 20,000 ACRES ON BUCK MOUNTAIN SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1976. AMSELCO CLAIMS COVER ALL OR PART OF SECTIONS 2,3,14,23 & 26 OF T21N, R57E, AND SECTIONS 4,10,14,15,17,22-24, 26-28, 33,34 & 36 OF T22N, R57E.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S. E&MJ. V. 180, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, P. 31.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMSELCO MINERALS. EXPLORATION ROUNDUP, ON GOING PROJECTS,
Reference (Deposit): OCTOBER 27, 1978
Reference (Deposit): FILLO, PAUL V. USBM LIAISON OFFICER NEVADA, MONTHLY REPORT,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1979, PP. 1321-1323.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GOLD DEPOSITS. MINING ENGINEERING. VOL 31, NO 9, SEPTEMBER
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WARGO, JOSEPH G. THE NEXT EXPLORATION STAGE FOR CARLIN-TYPE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JULY 1979, P. 6.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): IN NORTHESTERN NEVADA. NMA BULLETIN. VOL. 3, NO. 7,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. AMSELCO ANNOUNCES GOLD DISCOVERY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORP. AND
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SEARCH. V. 140, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, P. 363.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING MAGAZINE. HIGHLIGHTS. NORTH AMERICA. NEVADA GOLD
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.
