Buck Mountain Gold Prospect

The Buck Mountain Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buck Mountain Gold Prospect
Secondary: Amer. Selco Buck Mtn Gold Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine

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

Type: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Occidental Minerals Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Amselco Minerals, Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Ownership): AMSELCO IS A WHOLLY OWNED UNITED STATES SUBSIDIARY OF SELECTION TRUST LIMITED OF LONDON, ENGLAND. OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORPORATION IS A SUBSIDIARY OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.

Comment (Location): The closest Buck Mountain is about 7 miles SW of this location: lat/long NAD27 39-44-52N 115-31-25W (39.7478 -115.5236).

Comment (Deposit): OCTOBER 1978-AMERICAN SELCO, A DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY OF SELECTION TRUST OF LONDON, IS RUMORED TO HAVE MADE A MAJOR GOLD ORE FIND IN THE MUD SPRINGS AREA ON BUCK MTN. COURT- HOUSE RECORDS SHOW THEY HAVE ACQUIRED CLAIMS ON ABOUT 20,000 ACRES ON BUCK MOUNTAIN SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1976. AMSELCO CLAIMS COVER ALL OR PART OF SECTIONS 2,3,14,23 & 26 OF T21N, R57E, AND SECTIONS 4,10,14,15,17,22-24, 26-28, 33,34 & 36 OF T22N, R57E.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S. E&MJ. V. 180, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, P. 31.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMSELCO MINERALS. EXPLORATION ROUNDUP, ON GOING PROJECTS,

Reference (Deposit): OCTOBER 27, 1978

Reference (Deposit): FILLO, PAUL V. USBM LIAISON OFFICER NEVADA, MONTHLY REPORT,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1979, PP. 1321-1323.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GOLD DEPOSITS. MINING ENGINEERING. VOL 31, NO 9, SEPTEMBER

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WARGO, JOSEPH G. THE NEXT EXPLORATION STAGE FOR CARLIN-TYPE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JULY 1979, P. 6.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): IN NORTHESTERN NEVADA. NMA BULLETIN. VOL. 3, NO. 7,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. AMSELCO ANNOUNCES GOLD DISCOVERY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORP. AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SEARCH. V. 140, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, P. 363.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING MAGAZINE. HIGHLIGHTS. NORTH AMERICA. NEVADA GOLD

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.