Buffalo Mine

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Thorium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169211
MRDS ID W015729
MAS/MILS ID 0160590221
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine
Alternate or previous names Stenson S
Related records 10071946

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.4778, 44.97909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1989
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 019 N 025 E 15 SWNENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Thorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Challis Volcanic Group.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 76M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N10W:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780914

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARP AND CAVENDER 1962 USGS BULL 1126, 76 P

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, BUNKER, AND BUSH 1971 USGS PROF PAPER 750-C, P 136-1

  • Deposit

    WEIS, ARMSTRONG, & ROSENBLUM 1958 USGS BULL 1074-B, P 39

  • Deposit

    TRITES AND TOOKER 1953 USGS BULL 988-H, P 157-209

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1958 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 115, P 66

  • Deposit

    ROSS AND GEORGE 1966 USBM RES REPT 62.1 SALT LK CTY MET RES

  • Deposit

    STAATZ 1972 USGS BULL 1351 94 P GEOL TH VEINS LEMHI PASS QU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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