The Buckskin Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,888 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,888 Feet (1,490 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.99361, -119.34972
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Buckskin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Buckskin (Smith Valley) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Pacific Silver Corp,, K. L. Stoker, President
Home Office: P. O. Box 486, Yerington, NV 89447
Info Year: 1986
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: replacement/ vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1981
Year Last Production: 1986
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: tabular
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Description: altered
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Jurassic
Age Old: Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): The Buckskin is the oldest mine in the district. Gold ore was mined during World War I, and also intermittently from 1930-1950. The mine was owned and operated by Ambassador Gold Mine Ltd. in 1936, at which time the mill was reconstructed (a 50-ton flotation plant). The property was purchased in 1970 by Lion Hill Mines who did diamond drilling in 1971, 1972 and 1973. 12 holes were completed to a depth of 400 feet along strike for 1000 feet. Pacific Silver was drilling and developing the 230 ft level in April 1983. Pacific Silver increased stated reserves from 300000 tons to 400000 tons averaging 0.2 oz Au/t, 0.4 oz Ag/t and 0.9 % Cu with a potential of 1.5 million tons ore. The Buckskin Mine was listed in 1983 as an active underground gold-copper mine with ongoing development, employing 18 persons. The mine reported production from 1981 to 1986. The mine was closed in 1986 due to depletion of reserves
Comment (Economic Factors): the mione produced $73,093worth orf ore in 1937. There was an unknown amount of production from 1981to 1986. About 1983,Pacific Silver increased stated reserves from 300000 tons to 400000 tons averaging 0.2 oz Au/t, 0.4 oz Ag/t and 0.9 % Cu with a potential of 1.5 million tons ore.
Comment (Identification): All information from record No. M035885 has been incorporated into this record.
Comment (Workings): underground
References
Reference (Deposit): Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology MI-86
Reference (Deposit): USBM Minerals Yarbook 1986.
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
Reference (Deposit): Moore, J. G., 1969 , Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lyon, Douglas and Ormsby Counties, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 75.
Reference (Deposit): Division of Mine Inspection, Dec 1983, Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active During Calendar Year 1983
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.
