Mine detail: Buckhorn

Previously called '1554 Aandb15571558North BuckhornJunardGlory HoleNBMG Sample Locations 1512 Aandb151351415151516155115521553'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.18852, -116.48981

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic, Mercury, Tungsten, Thallium, Antimony, Copper, Zinc
Ore: Calcite, Goethite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hot Spring
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1910; 1914-1916; 1931-1932; 1936; 1984-1991
First production started: 1910

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Roberts Mountains Thrust, A System Of Parallel Normal Faults Strikes N10w And Controls Mineralization. Displacements Are Less Than A Few Hundred Feet.
Alteration processes:See Comments

References

MRDSW016362
DEP10107309
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., RADTKE, A. S., COATS, R. R., 1971, GOLD-BEARING DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, P. 14-33.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., MONTGOMERY, K. M., LEHNER, R. E., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, P. 68-69.}{Deposit:: WELLS, J. D., STOSIER, L. R., ELLIOTT, J. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE CORTEZ GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 64, P. 526-537.}{Deposit:: PLAHUTA, J.T., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA SPECIAL PUBLICATION #3.}{Deposit:: MONROE, S.C., ET AL, 1988, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCEITY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 273-291.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM INF. CIRC. 7022.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: NEVADA DEPT. OF MINERALS,1994}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD,V.104, NO.41}{Production:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM INF. CIRC. 7022 NBMG MI-1993}{Reserve-Resource:: PLAHUTA, J.T., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA SPECIAL PUBLICATION #3. NBMG MI-1993}
ReporterWeeks, Robert, Kirkham, Richard A., Zigler, Jan L., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)