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Buffalo Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019043
MRDS ID DC08395
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47907, 47.28681 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position APPROX 8 MI SW OF HAUGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGee Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 031W 25 SE 1/4 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MI N OF MONTANA - IDAHO BORDER NEAR A TRIBUTARY OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF BIG CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.47907, 47.28681
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Nw Trending Dioritic Sill (Wismards). Deposits In Vicinity Are Typically Chalcopyrite - Dolomite Veins Filling Steeply Dipping Eastward Trending Fractures.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTHOUGH THERE IS WITHIN THE AREA A SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPPER BEARING VEINS AND THE WILSHARDS SILL, NO OTHER EVIDENCE EXISTS WHICH SUGGESTS A DIRECT GENETIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO OCCURRENCES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST ONE ADIT OR PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 607 , PL. 48 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-15-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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