USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Buffalo Valley
Source Corroborated Silver Underground 4 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Development status
- Plant
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 33 T32N R42E Structure: Golconda Thrust The Havallah Sequence Of The Buffalo Valley Mine Has A Homoclinal Appearance. With Certain Exceptions, Beds Strike Nw To Slightly East Of North And Generally Dip 45-65 SW Or West. Buffalo Valley Mine Is Si…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 3 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Antler Peak , 1984
- Adit : Antler Peak , 1984
- Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
- Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
- Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
View individual source records (7)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Plant): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Plant
Operators / organizations
- Fairmile Gold Mining Inc. (100% Sub Of Fairmile Acq Inc) · Historical operator · 1996
- Fairmile Acquisitions, Inc. (Owns Fairmile Gold 100%) · Source-reported owner · 1996
- Horizon Gold Shares, Inc. · Source-reported owner · 1988
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Biotite
- Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Clinozoisite
- commodity:Arsenic
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
View all 23 reported minerals
- Biotite
- Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Clinozoisite
- commodity:Arsenic
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Nickel
- commodity:Silver
- Copper Stain
- Diopside
- Epidote
- Fluorapatite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Mitridatite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Pyrrhotite
- Quartz
- Quartzite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (4)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59840
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (23)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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