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Buffalo

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031096
MRDS ID M009684
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo
Alternate or previous names San Domingo
Related records 10260834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.93876, 37.58771 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 10 1/2 MI W OF EL PORTAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.93876, 37.58771
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 26 E
    Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL FEEDER VEINS: ORE SHOOTS SHORT AND IRREGULAR. EARLIER WORKED VEIN HAD A NW STRIKE AND NE DIP OF 50 .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1932 - 1940

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vernon And Clara Tharp

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIBED IN 1910 AS AN OLD MINE BUT EARLY HISTORY LITTLE KNOWN. MOST RECENT ACTIVITY WAS FROM 1932-1940 WHEN A LITTLE MORE THAN $15,200 IN GOLD AND SILVER WAS TAKEN FROM THE MINE FROM AN UNKNOWN TONNAGE OF ORE. IN 1954 THERE WAS NO MACHINERY ON THE PROPERTY AND WORKKINGS WERE COVERED BY DENSE BRUSH.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1935 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 310-FT. TUNNEL, CONNECTING WINZE, 500 FT. OF DRIFTS, 1,000 FT. OF UPRAISES AND INTERMEDIATE DRIFTS, STOPE 100 X 150 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 81-82 , 246 .

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 80 , 131 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE CLAIM AND A MILL SITE. EARLY WORKINGS EXPLORED A VEIN 2 FT. WIDE CARRYING FREE MILLING GOLD.
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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