Mine detail: Buckeye Mine

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Location: Mohave County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.38474, -114.13191
dep_id: 10027755
mrds_id: M004040
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_type: Schist,Granite
arock_unit: Ithaca Peak Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
prod_yrs: 1886 - 1887
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULL. 397
  • Deposit:: BASTIN, E. S., 1925 , ORIGIN OF CERTAIN RICH SILVER ORES NEAR CHLORIDE AND KINGMAN, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 750-B, P. 24
  • Production:: U.S.G.S. BULL. 750-B, P. 24 .
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