USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Buckhorn Prospect
Unconfirmed Clay Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Clay
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
T9S R69E Alteration: Contact, Hydrothermal Deposit: Altered area in crushed limestone zone parallel to andesite dike (n50e) bounded on the east by marble and west by dike
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Kaolinite
- Andesite
- commodity:Clay
- Kaolinite
- Limestone
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57950
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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