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Buffalo Group

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048352
MRDS ID M899939
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Group
Alternate or previous names Wieland Group Claims, Golden Rose, Lead Queen, Jefferson Group, Mono Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71984, 31.48375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1486
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF HARSHAW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 016E 33,32 NW (33); CENTER OF N2 OF S2 (32) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON RIDGE BETWEEN HARSHAW AND ALUM CREEKS; 1/4 MILE TO NW OF BASIN MINE; GOLDEN ROSE MINE IS WESTERN EXTENSION OF BUFFALO GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF SULFIDES, WITH CARBONATE AND CHLORIDE OF LEAD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Stephanite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Andesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material

Analytical data

Result EARLY 1900'S ASSASY VALUES AVERAGED 2.8% CU, 55 OZ/TON AG, $1-2/TON AU, 56% PB, 9.2% FE, 2% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Chronological age 72.1

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71984, 31.48375
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Porphyritic To Fine-Grained, Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Veins Cutting Thick-Bedding Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip NNE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 2 E-W Trending Veins About 600 Ft Apart

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLDER SILICATED LIMESTONE AND ALTERED SHALE OCCUR LOCALLY; GOLDEN ROSE DEPOSITS ARE CONTAINED IN FINE-GRAINED, DARK IRON-GRAY QUARTZ DIORITE; GOLDEN ROSE ORE DEPOSITS CONTAIN GOLD, SILVER, LEAD, AND COPPER MINERALS IN A CRUDELY BANDEDGANGUE OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK WHICH IS MORE OR LESS POROUS AND HONEYCOMBED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Sullivan And Powers
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 50.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 166-FT DEEP SHAFT AND VARIOUS DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES ON 2 LEVELS; GOLDEN ROSE MINE WORKINGS INCLUDE 90-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A FEW 100 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 300 FT TUNNEL FOLLOWING LODE STRIKE

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COMPRISES 5 CLAIMS; OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED GEORGE WIELAND, JEFFERSON MINING CO. (?-1902), T.E. MUNN MINING CO. (1910-?), MUMME MINING CO., PABLO MEDINA, AUGUST BRODINE, J.W. WILSON; GEORGE A. EDWARD, K.H. HOWE, DUARTA AND SOTO, R.H. ROWE; PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY DURING EARLY-MID 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD-SILVER ORE ENCOUNTERED JUST BELOW SURFACE; COPPER, LEAD, AND SILVER ORES FOUND AT DEPTHS OF 40-50 FT; GOLDEN ROSE LODE STRIKES N70E, DIPS 80S, IS 16-20 FT WIDE, AND IS 300 FT LONG
Deposit MONO MINE IS SYNONYM FOR GOLDEN ROSE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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