Bud Claims

The Bud Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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

Name: Bud Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.93111, -117.20667

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Bud Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bud Claims
Secondary: Nevada
Secondary: Nevada Girl
Secondary: Portola Boys
Secondary: Bonanza Divide Mining Co. Property


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Bonaza -Divide Mining Co.,
Years: 1922 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sedimentary Breccia
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Sedimentary Breccia
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): 2.0 MILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 2.3 MILES WEST OF THE NYE COUNTY LINE. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS OUT FOR UP TO 500M. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972


References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1150.

Reference (Deposit): CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.