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Buzzard Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043997
MRDS ID M231310
Record type Site
Current site name Buzzard Mine
Alternate or previous names Cyclone, Replublec Patented Claims, Formerly Part of the Iron Canyon Claim Group Owned By Iron Canyon, Gold Mining Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10955, 40.53768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 13 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • RIDGECREST BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & IRON CANYONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result 1936 ORE
Result APPROX 2 OZ AG PER TON
Result 0.18 OZ. AU/TON
Result 0.76% CU ORE SHIPPED CONTAINED UP TO 2.81 OZ AU/TON AND 32.9 OZ AG/TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Scott Canyon Formation
    Rock description Scott Canyon Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10955, 40.53768
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Antler And Dewitt Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 65 80W
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 8 FEET WIDE, AVERAGING 3 FT. GOLD AND SILVER ORE OCCUR IN SHORT SHOOT PARALLELING DIP OF VEIN. AU AND AG OCCUR IN GANGUE OF SOFT, POROUS LINONITIC MATERIAL AND QUARTZ IN THE OXIDEZED ZONE. AT SOUTH END OF VEIN, ORE IS HARD, QTZOSE MATERIAL BEARING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND THEIR OXIDATION PRODUCTS. CU AND AU CONTENT INCREASED WITH DEPTH.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Iron Canyon Gold Mining, Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY OVER $200,000. WORTH. IN 1910, THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY IRON CANYON GOLD MINING, CO., WITH ORE TREATED IN A 20-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLATN, WHERE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ORE WERE TREATED. THE MINE WAS WORKED BY LESSEES IN TH 1930'S

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231310

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 88.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939 RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV, USGM INF CIRC 7043

  • Deposit

    HILL., J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFRONIA AND NW 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

  • Production

    STEWART, MCKEE, AND STAGER, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, SHEAR ZONE; GOLD-SILVER ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS PARALLELING DIP OF VEIN.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1880'S AND ACRIVELY WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH NO STATICSTICS AVAILABLE ON EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY OVER $200,000. WORTH. 1910-PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY IRON CANYON GOLD MINING CO., WITH ORE TREATED IN A 20-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLANTATMOUTH OF GALENA CANYON, WHERE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TOS ORE WERE TREATED. MINE WAS WORKED BY LESSEES IN 1930'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology