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Nevada · Lander County

Buffalo Valley Gold Mine

Source Corroborated Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Lander
Mining district
Battle Mountain District
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • B
  • Buffalo Valley Mine, A
  • O Complex, Dore Hills, North Margin Zone

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Structure: 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 situated in a fault block that is boun…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 4 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
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Adit : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Adit : Antler Peak , 1984
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • 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): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Fairmile Goldtech, Inc. · Historical operator · 2004

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Biotite
  • Clinozoisite
  • Diopside
  • Epidote
  • Hematite
  • Limonite
  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
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  • Biotite
  • Clinozoisite
  • Diopside
  • Epidote
  • Hematite
  • Limonite
  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Gold
  • Malachite
  • Pyrite
  • Actinolite
  • Andradite
  • Argillite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuthinite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcanthite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chert
  • Chrysocolla
  • Clinozoisite
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Nickel
  • commodity:Silver
  • Conglomerate
  • Dacite
  • Diopside
  • Epidote
  • Fischesserite
  • Galena
  • Granodiorite
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • Hornfels

Access & recent conditions

Land
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Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility 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.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 430374

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (28)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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