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Buffalo Mine

Prospect in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172844
MAS/MILS ID 0300610027
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.4808, 47.2825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 018 N 031 W 36 NWNENE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • County name is Mineral, Montana. However, original lat/long plots 160m inside adjacent Shoshone county, Idaho. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 47-16-57N 115-28-51W (47.2825 -115.4808); UTM N5237458 E614887 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 018 N, RNG 031 W, Sect 36, Sect_fract NWNENE. PLSS location indicates the datum should be changed to WGS84, shifting the point N into Mineral county.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.4808, 47.2825
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLLIER, A. J., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER

  • Deposit

    BASIN, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905:

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E., AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, RECONNAISSANCE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 607; PLATE 48.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 10-NOV-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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

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