Mine detail: Buckskin Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.99352, -119.35071

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Orebody form: tabular

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: replacement/ vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1981-1986
First production started: 1981
Last production ended: 1986

Geology

Host type:Andesite

References

MRDSM035885
DEP10310514
Reference{Deposit:: Moore, J. G., 1969 , Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lyon, Douglas and Ormsby Counties, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 75.}{Deposit:: Division of Mine Inspection, Dec 1983, Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active During Calendar Year 1983}{Deposit:: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology MI-86}{Deposit:: USBM Minerals Yarbook 1986.}{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.}
ReporterLaPointe, D. D., Schruben, Paul G.