The Buffalo Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,026 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: 4,026 Feet (1,227 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.41694, -110.78389
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Buffalo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Diabase Outcrops Throughout Area, Including W And N Of Sediments Where Mine Is Located. Martin Limestone Fault Block Is Surrounded By Troy Quartzite, Faults And Sediments Strike Ne.
Type: L
Description: In The Mine Two Steeply Dipping Mineralized Faults That Crop Out Near The Crest Of Buffalo Hill Were Developed. The Main Fault Probably Is The East Branch; It Was Formed Before The Intursion Of Diabase, And The Block To The Southeast Was Relatively Depressed Faults Strike Ne, See Plate 1, Pp 342 For Details.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF BUFFALO HILL.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR THIS MINE INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR OLD DOMINION (UNITED GLOBE)
Comment (Development): BUFFALO AND ALICE SHAFTS OPENED IN 1880; BECAME PARTOF NEWLY FORMED UNITED GLOBE CO IN 1892; UNITED GLOBE MERGED WITH OLD DOMINION CO IN 1903; SOLD TO MIAMI COPPER CO 1940
Comment (Workings): CONTAINS 3 LEVEL ENTERED BY 3 SEPARATE ADITS
Comment (Geology): ETERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD RELATED TO MINERALIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 12.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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