Nevada · Lander County
Past Producer

Buckingham Moly Deposit

Lander County, Nevada, United States
SilverMolybdenumTungstenCopper
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Molybdenum
TertiaryTungsten, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBismuthinite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10173778
MRDS IDM231306
Alternate namesBuckingham Moly MineBuckingham, Rocky Mountain Energy Moly Deposit, Amax Moly Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.6155, -117.06264
References
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