The country rock of the Buckeye area is reported to be argillite, limestone, quartzite and schist of the Mississippian to Lower Permian Milford Group. The ore is associated with a system of northwest striking fissures but occurs as replacement in the north-south striking limestones in the zones of intersection. The ore consists of pyrite, sphalerite, galena and their oxidation products in a gangue of silicified limestone, calcite and quartz.
In 1953 and 1954, a total of 498 tonnes of ore was mined, from which 35,644 grams of silver, 25,902 kilograms of lead and 24,578 kilograms of zinc were recovered.
The Buckeye and Buckeye No. 2 claims are located north of Cedar Creek and just to the west of the Highland property (082FNE015). They were Crown granted to Dalgleish and Parker in 1904 and have been worked infrequently since that time.
Development work in 1918 consisted of 2 inclined shafts, 30 metres apart, each about 12 metres deep, and one tunnel 61 metres long driven in under the shafts. The tunnel, which is about 23 metres below the surface showings, was driven as a crosscut for 21 metres. At that point a body of zinc ore was intersected and followed for 14 metres. A second tunnel, driven 30 metres below the outcrop was not extended far enough to reach the limestone.
Guichon Mine Ltd. acquired the claims along with an option on the Silver Bell, Ellen Glen, Free Silver, Harrison and Silver Glance. In 1952 the main adit was extended along what appears to be the most easterly of three narrow cross-fissure veins in echelon to the northwest. Two narrow, bedded fissure veins appear to displace the cross-fissure for a metre at 12 and 73 metres respectively from the portal. At 73 metres from the portal a raise was driven 24 metres to connect with the bottom of one of the shafts. A sublevel was started 12 metres below the surface and replacement ore, to a width of 4.5 metres, was mined adjacent to the shaft. Diamond drilling completed during the year amounted to 287 metres in 9 holes. In 1954 leasers drove a short drift to investigate the diamond drill results.
