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Buffalo Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087606
MRDS ID D008278
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.41639, 36.67782 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES N 26 E OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 014E 11 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE BUFFALO MINE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 86

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE OF ORE ON THE DUMP ASSAYED,0.09 OZ AU/TON
Result 7.71 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.41639, 36.67782
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Shoot Occurs At The Intersection Of The East-West Shear And 20ne Striking Shear.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Red River District: Black Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buffalo New Mexico Mines Co.
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 322 FT. SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS, THE BUFFALO TUNNEL WHICH WAS A 3500 FT DRAINAGE ADIT, THE BLUE ROCK TUNNEL AND DRIFTS DRIVEN FROM THE SHAFT. ADITS AND SHAFT WERE REPORTED CAVED IN 1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 87

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 28-29

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 85-87

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 115, MAP 2, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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