The Buckeye Mine is a gold and barium-barite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.985, -117.25861
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Buckeye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Baldwin, Stanley
Years: 1951 -
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Deposit): NORTH SIDE WORKINGS ARE ALONG A N40E, 80NW SHEAR ZONE IN PHYLLITE. SOUTH SIDE WORKINGS ARE IN BUFF MARBLE LENSES IN SEDIMENTARY STRATA.
Comment (Workings): THREE LEVELS OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES, ADITS, AERIAL TRAM.
Comment (Production): NINE TONS WERE MINED IN AUGUST OF 1869, AVERAGING $283.52 PER TON. TWO TONS WERE MINED IN 1941, VALUED AT $214. EARLY PRODUCTION TOTALLED AT LEAST $6000 FROM ORE THAT RAN UP TO $300/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 188-189.
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.
