Mine detail: Buckingham Moly Deposit

Previously called 'Buckingham Moly MineRocky Mountain Energy Moly DepositAmax Moly Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.6155, -117.06264

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Tungsten
Other material: Bismuthinite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSM231306
MAS320150108
DEP10173778
Reference{Deposit:: 56. BLAKE, D. W., T. G. THEODORE, J. N. BATCHELDER, AND}{Deposit:: E. L. KRETCHMER. STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND}{Deposit:: MINERALIZATION IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT,}{Deposit:: LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: REP. 33, 1979, PP. 878-89.}{Deposit:: 381. LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL}{Deposit:: RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,}{Deposit:: NV, 1923, 280 PP.}{Deposit:: 588. ROBERTS, R. J. ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-10, 1951, SCALE 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: 590. ROBERTS, R. J. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE}{Deposit:: ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-A, 1964,}{Deposit:: PP. A1-A93.}{Deposit:: 591. ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD. ORE DEPOSITS IN}{Deposit:: THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-B, 1965,}{Deposit:: PP. B1-B94.}{Deposit:: 592. ROBERTS, R. J., P. E. HOTZ, J. GILLULY, AND H. G.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON. PALEOZOIC ROCKS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA. AAPG}{Deposit:: BULL., V. 42, NO. 12, 1958, PP. 2813-2857.}{Deposit:: 605. SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPET, AND E. D. FIELDS. THE}{Deposit:: ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA. TRANS. SOC. MIN. ENG. AIME, V. 244,}{Deposit:: NO. 3, 1967, PP. 320-331.}{Deposit:: 606. SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPETT, AND E. D. FIELDS.}{Deposit:: DUVA* NEW COPPER MINES SHOW COMPLEX GEOLOGIC HISTORY.}{Deposit:: MIN. ENG., V. 20, NO. 3, 1968, PP. 55-62.}{Deposit:: 610. SCHILLING J. H. MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES}{Deposit:: IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 66, 1980,}{Deposit:: SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: 693. STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NV}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 88, 1977, 106 PP.}{Deposit:: 706. THEODORE, T. G., AND D. B. BLAKE. GEOLOGY AND}{Deposit:: GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT}{Deposit:: AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-B, 1975, PP. B81-B86.}{Deposit:: 712. THEODORE, T. G., M. L. SILBERMAN, AND D. W. BLAKE.}{Deposit:: GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF PLUTONIC ROCKS IN}{Deposit:: THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-A, 1973,}{Deposit:: PP. A1-A24.}{Deposit:: 717. TIPPETT, M. C. THE GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER BASIN ORE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,}{Deposit:: RENO, NV, 1967, 30 PP.}{Deposit:: 742. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING}{Deposit:: DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES}{Deposit:: IC 7043, 1939, 83 PP.}{Deposit:: 794. WESTRA, G., AND S. B. KEITH. CLASSIFICATION AND}{Deposit:: GENESIS OF STOCKWORK MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS. ECON. GEOL. AND}{Deposit:: BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 76, NO. 4, 1981, PP. 844-873.}{Deposit:: 803. WILSON, B. R., AND S. W. LAULE. TECTONICS AND}{Deposit:: SEDIMENTATION ALONG THE ANTLER OROGENIC BELT OF CENTRAL}{Deposit:: NEVADA. PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION}{Deposit:: OF GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE}{Deposit:: SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,}{Deposit:: OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.}{Deposit:: RMAG, 1979, PP. 81-92.}{Deposit:: 813. WOODCOCK, J. R. MOLYBDENUM - A GUIDE TO NORTH}{Deposit:: AMERICAN RESOURCES AND ONGOING PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT. ENG.}{Deposit:: AND MIN. J., V. 180, NO. 8, 1979, PP. 86-89.}{Deposit:: 837. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). WHA* GOING ON IN}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; NEVADA MAY BE THE}{Deposit:: NEXT BIG MOLYBDENUM PRODUCER. V.34, NO.12, 1981, P.77.*}{Deposit:: 838. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHA* GOING ON IN}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL DISCOVERS}{Deposit:: SILVER AND GOLD NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN. V. 35, NO. 1, 1982,}{Deposit:: P. 35.}{Reserve-Resource:: 701. SUTULOV, A. INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK. ALEXANDER}{Reserve-Resource:: SUTULOV/ INTERMET PUBL., SANTIAGO, CHILE, 1982, P. 28.}
ReporterSpear, James M.