Description
C. Ganser Anothers (?)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryArsenic, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model64: Skarn Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSee Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite
GangueBiotite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Havallah Formation
Associated rockAlluvium · Unknown;Unknown;Unknown
StructureGolconda 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 Situated In A Fault Block That Is Bounded On The East By The Western Range-Bounding Fault Of Battle Mountain And On The West By Another West-Dipping Normal Fault, Which Is Known In Mine Terminology As The Front Fault.
AlterationContact Metamorphism, Endoskarn, Potassic Alteration, Prograde Skarn, Retrograde Skarn. See Geology Comments.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1924-1935; 1937-1941; 1951; 1986-1990
First production1924
Last production1990
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10106923
MRDS IDM231308
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.60379, -117.24789
References
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B.QUADE, J./ BENTZ, J.; FIELD EXAM MAY 11, 1982SEEDORFF, E., BAILEY, C. R. G., KELLEY, D., AND PARKS, W., 1991, BUFFALO VALLEY MINE: A PORPHYRY-RELATED GOLD DEPOSIT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 969-987.HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1987.HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1988.HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., FORM 10-K FOR 1990.HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., FORM 10-K FOR 1991.NBMG, 1994, MI-1993ANNUAL PRODUCTION FOR FISCAL YEARS 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89: HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989. 1924-1951 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B. 1986-1990 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: HORIZON GOLD SHARES INC., FORM 10-K FOR 1991. MI-1993