Buffalo Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176888
MAS/MILS ID 0410010292
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.41912, 44.99066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Balm Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007 S 043 E 02 NWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.41912, 44.99066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-78 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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