Buckingham Moly Deposit

The Buckingham Moly Deposit is a silver and molybdenum mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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

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Site Name

Primary: Buckingham Moly Deposit
Secondary: Buckingham
Secondary: Rocky Mountain Energy Moly Deposit
Secondary: Amax Moly Mine
Secondary: Buckingham Moly Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Rocky Mountain Energy Co. (Union Pacific)
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Amax Inc.
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: Connecticut
Info Year: 1982

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Unknown: Bismuthinite

Comments

Comment (Geology): UNSPECIFIED METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ARGILLITE. L-REC 704 UNSPECIFIED METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ARGILLITE. ORE LARGELY IN FRACTURES IN HORNFELS AND QUARTZITES OF THE HARMONY FORMATION.

Comment (Deposit): THE BUCKINGHAM DEPOSIT IS A MOLYBDENITE-STOCKWORK SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH AN EAST-WEST ELONGATE BODY OF COMPOSITE QUARTZ MONZONITE-GRANITE STOCK. THE DEPOSIT IS A VERTICALLY-ELLIPTICAL LIMB ON THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THIS STOCK. 1/97: NO NEW INFO FOUND FOR AN UPDATE.

References

Reference (Deposit): P. 35.

Reference (Deposit): SILVER AND GOLD NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN. V. 35, NO. 1, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL DISCOVERS

Reference (Deposit): 838. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN

Reference (Deposit): NEXT BIG MOLYBDENUM PRODUCER. V.34, NO.12, 1981, P.77.*

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; NEVADA MAY BE THE

Reference (Deposit): 837. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). WHAT'S GOING ON IN

Reference (Deposit): AND MIN. J., V. 180, NO. 8, 1979, PP. 86-89.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN RESOURCES AND ONGOING PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT. ENG.

Reference (Deposit): RMAG, 1979, PP. 81-92.

Reference (Deposit): 813. WOODCOCK, J. R. MOLYBDENUM - A GUIDE TO NORTH

Reference (Deposit): OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.

Reference (Deposit): SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,

Reference (Deposit): THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,

Reference (Deposit): 591. ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD. ORE DEPOSITS IN

Reference (Deposit): PP. A1-A93.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-A, 1964,

Reference (Deposit): ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,

Reference (Deposit): 590. ROBERTS, R. J. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-10, 1951, SCALE 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,

Reference (Deposit): 381. LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): REP. 33, 1979, PP. 878-89.

Reference (Deposit): OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Deposit): LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): E. L. KRETCHMER. STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND

Reference (Deposit): 56. BLAKE, D. W., T. G. THEODORE, J. N. BATCHELDER, AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SUTULOV/ INTERMET PUBL., SANTIAGO, CHILE, 1982, P. 28.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 701. SUTULOV, A. INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK. ALEXANDER

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION

Reference (Deposit): SEDIMENTATION ALONG THE ANTLER OROGENIC BELT OF CENTRAL

Reference (Deposit): 803. WILSON, B. R., AND S. W. LAULE. TECTONICS AND

Reference (Deposit): BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 76, NO. 4, 1981, PP. 844-873.

Reference (Deposit): GENESIS OF STOCKWORK MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS. ECON. GEOL. AND

Reference (Deposit): 794. WESTRA, G., AND S. B. KEITH. CLASSIFICATION AND

Reference (Deposit): IC 7043, 1939, 83 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): 742. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING

Reference (Deposit): RENO, NV, 1967, 30 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

Reference (Deposit): PP. A1-A24.

Reference (Deposit): 717. TIPPETT, M. C. THE GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER BASIN ORE

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-A, 1973,

Reference (Deposit): THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF PLUTONIC ROCKS IN

Reference (Deposit): 712. THEODORE, T. G., M. L. SILBERMAN, AND D. W. BLAKE.

Reference (Deposit): SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-B, 1975, PP. B81-B86.

Reference (Deposit): AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT

Reference (Deposit): 706. THEODORE, T. G., AND D. B. BLAKE. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 88, 1977, 106 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): OF GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE

Reference (Deposit): 606. SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPETT, AND E. D. FIELDS.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 3, 1967, PP. 320-331.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. TRANS. SOC. MIN. ENG. AIME, V. 244,

Reference (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER

Reference (Deposit): 605. SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPET, AND E. D. FIELDS. THE

Reference (Deposit): BULL., V. 42, NO. 12, 1958, PP. 2813-2857.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON. PALEOZOIC ROCKS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA. AAPG

Reference (Deposit): PP. B1-B94.

Reference (Deposit): 592. ROBERTS, R. J., P. E. HOTZ, J. GILLULY, AND H. G.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-B, 1965,

Reference (Deposit): NV, 1923, 280 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 588. ROBERTS, R. J. ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): 693. STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER.

Reference (Deposit): SCALE 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 66, 1980,

Reference (Deposit): 610. SCHILLING J. H. MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES

Reference (Deposit): MIN. ENG., V. 20, NO. 3, 1968, PP. 55-62.

Reference (Deposit): DUVAL'S NEW COPPER MINES SHOW COMPLEX GEOLOGIC HISTORY.

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.