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Buffalo Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Titanium, Thorium, REE, Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071946
MRDS ID W015729
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine
Related records 10169211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4778, 44.97909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 11.5 MI NE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemhi Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 025E 15,10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN AGENCY AND FLUME CREEKS LITTLE LESS THAN A MI N OF COPPER QUEEN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH DARK QUARTZ AND HEMATITE TO 0.2 MR/HR, AG FOUND FROM 0.2-2.0 OZ/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Thorite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TH CONTENT RANGES 0.04 TO 1.0 % IN SEVERAL GRAB SAMPLES. THERE WAS ALSO 0.001 - 0.008 % U AND 0.008 - 0.18 % EU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Micaceous Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Challis Volcanic Group.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lemhi Pass Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation, Slickensides

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, POCKETS, MASSIVE
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 3.35M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer G. E. Shoupe, Earl Pyeatt

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Irvin C. Porter

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS, 1 ADIT

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS, THE BUFFALO AND BUFFALO NO. 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, URANIUM, THORIUM, COLUMBIUM, AND RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE SALMON REGION, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115, 81 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1960, GEOLOGY OF RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE LEMHI PASS REGION, IN STUDY OF TWO IDAHO THORITE DEPOSITS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 122, P. 33-39.

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P. L., AND OTHERS, 1958 RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA 1952-1955: USGS BULL. 1074-B, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1126, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    5) STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THORIUM - BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1351, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON P. L. WEIS AND OTHERS, BULL. 1074-B

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 122

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., BULL. 1126

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL 1351

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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