Buffalo Valley Mines Co

The Buffalo Valley Mines Co is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 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: Buffalo Valley Mines Co
Secondary: Buffalo Valley Mine
Secondary: Buffalo Valley Project
Secondary: Buffalo Valley Mine and Mill
Secondary: Hill and Estes Shaft
Secondary: Buffalo Valley
Secondary: Fayant Adit

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Buffalo Valley District

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Horizon Gold Shares, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Fairmile Acquisitions, Inc. (Owns Fairmile Gold 100%)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -

Owner Name: Fairmile Gold Mining Inc. (100% Sub Of Fairmile Acq Inc)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1982
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

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): IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN HORIZON GOLD SHARES, INC. GAVE UP, LOST, OR SOLD BUFFALO BALLEY. HORIZON STILL OWNED IT IN 1990. FAIRMILE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1993.

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY FILE ALSO INCLUDES THE BUFFALO VALLEY MILL, MAS SEQ# 0320159026; MRDS # 2601938 ECHO BAY MINES IS EXPECTED TO GAIN AN 8% INTEREST IN FAIRMILE GOLD. THE PROPERTY HAS A CURRENT MINERALIZATION OF 17.2 M TONS GRADING 0.03 OZ. GOLD PER TON, EQUIVALENT TO 522,000 CONTAINED OZ (5-97).

Comment (Workings): 8 FT FENCE AROUND PREGNANT AND BARREN P0ND, GRADUATED WIRE. 4 FT BARBED WIRE AROUND MINE YARD AREAS, SECONDARY BIRD WATER POND OUTSIDE PROCESS AREA FOR ANIMALS. (NOTE: TOTAL AREA DISTURBED BY OPERATION WAS NOT REPORTED ON WORKSHEET.)

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL 83, #9, 4/28/97, P11.

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7043, PP. 37-39.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P311.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P234.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P97.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P9.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 7/26/96, P60.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B6.

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.