Mine detail: Buckingham Molybdenum Deposit

Previously called 'HardyBentley*eary'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.6024, -117.069

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Molybdenite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Orebody form: irregular, tabular, disseminated
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Harmony Formation
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock,Hornfels,Porphyry,Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:FOLDING, THRUST FAULTS, NW AND NE-TRENDING FAULTS: BUCKINGHAM FAULT
Tectonic:Calc-alkaline magmatic arc.
Alteration processes:There were four alteration events: 1. contactmetaorphism of the host sedimentary rocks during emplacement of the granitic plutons 2. hydrothermal alteration associated with the metallization event 3. clay and sericite alteration associated with faulting 4. sugergene alteration

References

MRDSM231306
DEP10310305
Reference{Deposit:: Stewart, J.H., Mckee, E.H, and Stager, H.K., 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lander County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 88.}{Deposit:: Hill, J.M., 1915, Some Mining Districts in Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada: USGS Bull 594}{Deposit:: Roberts, R.J. and Arnold, D.C., 1965, Ore Deposits of the Antler Peak Quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada: U.S.G.S. Prof. Paper 459-B.}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Theodore, T.G., Blake, D.W., Loucks, T.A., and Johnson, C.A., 1992, Geology of the Buckingham stockwork molybdenum deposit and surrounding area, Lander County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 798-D, 307 p.}{Deposit:: Geological Society of Nevada, 1999, Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Buffalo Valley Area, Northwestern Battle Mountain Trend; GSN Special Publication No. 31, 1999 Fall field trip Guidebook.}{Deposit:: Doebrich, J.L., and Theodore, T.G. (1996) Geologic History of the Battle Mountain Mining District, Nevada, and Regional Controls on the Distribution of Mineral Systems in Coyner, Alan R. and Fahey, Patrick L., editors, Geology and Ore Deposits of the American Cordillera: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium Proceedings, p. 453-483.}{Deposit:: Felix E. Mutschler, Steve Ludington, and Arthur A. Bookstrom, 1999, Giant Porphyry-Related Metal Camps of the World-A Database; USGS Open-File Report 99-556.}{Deposit:: Wendt, Clancy, 2004, Technical Report on th*ICBM/COPPER BASIN Property, Lander and Humboldt Counties, Nevada, Staccato Gold website, : http://www.staccatogold.com/i/pdf/icbm-43-101.pdf}
ReporterLaPointe, D. D., Schruben, Paul G.