The Buckaroo Workings is a lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,060 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
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 37.9125, -114.60330
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Buckaroo Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckaroo Workings
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): FITCH. D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: MS THESIS, UNIV. OF
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO, SOCORRO, NM, P. 85.
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.
