Buffalo Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027435
MRDS ID M003081
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78458, 33.41702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1227
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE N OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 24 E2 OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF BUFFALO HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Limestone
    Rock description Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78458, 33.41702

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Diabase Outcrops Throughout Area, Including W And N Of Sediments Where Mine Is Located. Martin Limestone Fault Block Is Surrounded By Troy Quartzite, Faults And Sediments Strike Ne.
Type of structure Local
Structure description In The Mine Two Steeply Dipping Mineralized Faults That Crop Out Near The Crest Of Buffalo Hill Were Developed. The Main Fault Probably Is The East Branch; It Was Formed Before The Intursion Of Diabase, And The Block To The Southeast Was Relatively Depressed Faults Strike Ne, See Plate 1, Pp 342 For Details.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ETERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD RELATED TO MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR THIS MINE INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR OLD DOMINION (UNITED GLOBE)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONTAINS 3 LEVEL ENTERED BY 3 SEPARATE ADITS

Comments on development

  • BUFFALO AND ALICE SHAFTS OPENED IN 1880; BECAME PARTOF NEWLY FORMED UNITED GLOBE CO IN 1892; UNITED GLOBE MERGED WITH OLD DOMINION CO IN 1903; SOLD TO MIAMI COPPER CO 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.