The Buckskin Mine is a copper mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,961 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,961 Feet (1,512 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.9922, -119.35080
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Buckskin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sonora Mining Corp.
Company ID: 2601685
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991
Owner Name: Sonora Mining Corp.
Company ID: 2601685
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: Pacific Silver Corp
Company ID: 2601685
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Dwight Crossland-Pacific Silver Corp
Company ID: 2601685
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1984
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 (Location): MSHA LOCATION: SECTION 13, T13N, R23E
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 71, 1969, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDARY YEAR 1982, 60 PP.
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.
