The Buffalo Valley Mill is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 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: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.6042, -117.23330
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Buffalo Valley Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo Valley Mill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Buffalo Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ranstrom Construction, Inc.
Company ID: 2601938
Info Year: 1989
Owner Name: Buffalo Valley
Company ID: 2601938
Info Year: 1989
Owner Name: Fairmile Acquisitions, Inc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1987
Discovery Year: 1986
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 (Names): THIS PROPERTY FILE IS PART OF THE BUFFALO VALLEY GOLD PROJECT, MAS SEQ#0320150118.
Comment (Ownership): OWNERSHIP RECORDS 002-003 COULD NOT BE SUBTANTIATED.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1990, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 48.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 54.
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.
