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Buffalo Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013749
MRDS ID D010210
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine
Related records 10191448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28614, 39.39221 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.3 MILES S 60 E FROM PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 071W 36 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AND HIGHWAY ABOUT 0.75 MILE NW OF BUFFALO CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1040
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1040
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1040
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28614, 39.39221
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pine Gulch Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1898

Mining district

District name Buffalo Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 6-FT-DEEP OPEN CUT AND 35-FT-DEEP SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR AU AND AG, LATER EXAMINED FOR FLUORSPAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 60-61

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-598.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRENDS S 17 E AND IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURING NEAR PINE GULCH FAULT, WHICH HERE TRENDS N 60 W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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