Buffalo

Producer in Elbert county in Colorado, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142287
MAS/MILS ID 0080390001
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -104.47245, 39.345 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elbert(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kiowa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Castle Rock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kiowa(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Elbert

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -104.47245, 39.345

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA METAL-NONMETAL ROBINSON BRICK & TILE

  • Deposit

    SUMM OF MIN IND ACT COLO,COLO DIV MINES 1961

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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