The Buffalo Mine is a fluorine-fluorite, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,739 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,739 Feet (2,054 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.39222, -105.28556
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Buffalo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Buffalo Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Pine Gulch Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxides
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1040.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1040.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1040.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDS S 17 E AND IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURING NEAR PINE GULCH FAULT, WHICH HERE TRENDS N 60 W
Comment (Workings): 6-FT-DEEP OPEN CUT AND 35-FT-DEEP SHAFT
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AND HIGHWAY ABOUT 0.75 MILE NW OF BUFFALO CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR AU AND AG, LATER EXAMINED FOR FLUORSPAR
References
Reference (Deposit): AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 60-61
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-598.
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