Mine detail: Buick Mine

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Location: Iron County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.60586, -91.12263
dep_id: 10244067
mrds_id: W019047
mas_id: 290930007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver, Cobalt
Trace mineral: Cadmium, Nickel
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Marcasite, Chalcopyrite, Siegenite, Polydymite, Bravoite, Vaesite, Bornite, Arsenopyrite, Linnaeite, Millerite
gangue: Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz, Kaolinite, Dickite
orebody_fm: tabular
work_type: Underground
model: 224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Reporter: Daley, Michael R., Schruben, Paul G., Schruben, Paul (Lipin, Bruce)
hrock_unit: BONNETERRE
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1969
disc_yr: 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: HOMESTAKE 1985 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 15. NOTE: DECREASE IN RESERVE TONNAGE AND INCREASE IN GRADE COMPARED TO JAN 1, 1986 RESERVES DUE TO A HIGHER CUT-OFF GRADE BECAUSE OF CONTINUING LOW LEAD PRICES.
  • Deposit:: AMAX, INC. ANNUAL REPORT-1965. 1966, P. 2.
  • Deposit:: ----. ANNUAL REPORT-1968. 1969, PP. 6, 13, 16.
  • Deposit:: ----. FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT-1978. 1979, P. 1.
  • Deposit:: BEALL, J. V. WHA* BEHIND THE MINING BOOM IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. MIN. ENG., JULY 1963, PP. 71-76.
  • Deposit:: CLIFFORD, R. K., AND L. W. HIGLEY. COBALT AND NICKEL RECOVERY FROM MISSOURI LEAD BELT CHALCOPYRITE CONCENTRATES. BUMINES RI 8321, 1978, 14 PP.
  • Deposit:: CORNWALL, H. R. NICKEL. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, 1973. P. 440.
  • Deposit:: HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY. ANNUAL REPORT-1965. 1966, PP. 4, 13, 14.
  • Deposit:: ----. ANNUAL REPORT-1970. 1971, P. 16.
  • Deposit:: ----.FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT-1978. 1979, PP. 1, 3-5, 14-15
  • Deposit:: ----.PROSPECTUS, APRIL 24, 1969, PP. 4-6, 19-22, 34, 39-41, 50-51.
  • Deposit:: MISSOURI MINERAL INDUSTRY NEWS. TALK IS CHEAP--CONTROL IS IS COSTLY. NOVEMBER 1970, PP. 191-192.
  • Deposit:: MISSOURI MINERAL NEWS. HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS IN MISSOUR* LEAD MINING. APRIL 1971, PP. 47-51.
  • Deposit:: UHAY, J. S., D. A. BROBST, AND A. V. HEYL. COBALT. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, 1973, P. 150.
  • Deposit:: WHARTON , H. M. INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD DISTRICT. CHAPTER IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SELECTED MINES IN THE VIBURNUM TREND, MISSOURI; MISSOURI DEPT. NAT. RES. REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 58, 1975, PP. 3-14.
  • Deposit:: Hagni, R.D., 1995, The Southeast Missouri lead district: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, v. 22, p. 44?78.
  • Geology:: DAVIS, J.H., ET AL. BUICK MINE, VIBURNUM TREND, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. CHAPTER IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SELECTED MINES IN THE VIBURNUM TREND, MISSOURI; MISSOURI DEPT. NAT. RES. REPT. INVESTIGATIONS NO. 58, 1975, PP. 30-39.
  • Geology:: SNYDER, F. G., AND P. E. GERDEMANN. GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD DISTRICT. CHAPTER 17 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON SALES VOLUME), J. D. RIDGE, EDITOR, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP. 326-358.
  • Geology:: Rogers, R.K., and Davis, J.H., 1977, Geology of the Buick mine, Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, v. 72, p. 372?380.
  • Geology:: Paarlberg, N.L., 1995, A guide to the geology of the Buick mine, Viburnum Trend: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, v. 22, p. 86?98.
  • Production:: RANDALL, F. M., AND R. A. ARTEBURN, BUICK CONCENTRATOR; CHAPTER 24 IN VOL. 1 OF LEAD AND ZINC, AIME SYMPOSIUM, 1970, PP. 453-465.
  • Reserve-Resource:: 1985 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, PP. 175-176, 1985.
  • Reserve-Resource:: HOMESTAKE MINING CO., 1985, ANNUAL REPORT-1984: P. 15. THE ACTUAL PUBLISHED VALUE IS ONE-HALF THE FIGURE LISTED HERE, REPRESENTING HOMESTAK* 50% SHARE IN THE BUIC* IN-SITU RESERVE TONNAGE.
  • Workings:: CHRISTIANSEN, C.R., AND J.J. SCOTT. MINING SYSTEMS IN THE NEW LEAD BELT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. CHAPTER IN VOL. 1 OF LEAD & ZINC, AIME SYMPOSIUM, 1970, PP. 206-217.
  • Workings:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THE NEW LEAD BELT. OCT., 1970, PP. 67-78.
  • Workings:: GRENIA, J.D., AND J.B. SHANNON. LONG-HOLE DRILLING APPLICATIONS AT THE BUICK MINE. MINING ENGINEERING, JULY, 1973, PP. 53-57.
  • Workings:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. AMAX BASE METALS - A DECADE OF GROWTH. SEPT., 1972, PP. 114-118.
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