Buckeye Mine

The Buckeye Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Buckeye Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Comstock Lode

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Electrum

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN BUCKEY E FAULT

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY LIES ON THE BUCKEYE FAULT. GOLD IS THE PREDOMINANT METAL AND IT OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. MOST OF THE ORE HAS BEEN MINED FROM DEPTHS ABOVE 400 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV., 1:24000

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.

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.