The Buffalo is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.58778, -119.93778
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Buffalo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo
Secondary: San Domingo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Kinsley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vernon And Clara Tharp
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 UTM EST.
Comment (Production): DESCRIBED IN 1910 AS AN OLD MINE BUT EARLY HISTORY LITTLE KNOWN. MOST RECENT ACTIVITY WAS FROM 1932-1940 WHEN A LITTLE MORE THAN $15,200 IN GOLD AND SILVER WAS TAKEN FROM THE MINE FROM AN UNKNOWN TONNAGE OF ORE. IN 1954 THERE WAS NO MACHINERY ON THE PROPERTY AND WORKKINGS WERE COVERED BY DENSE BRUSH.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM AND A MILL SITE. EARLY WORKINGS EXPLORED A VEIN 2 FT. WIDE CARRYING FREE MILLING GOLD.
Comment (Workings): IN 1935 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 310-FT. TUNNEL, CONNECTING WINZE, 500 FT. OF DRIFTS, 1,000 FT. OF UPRAISES AND INTERMEDIATE DRIFTS, STOPE 100 X 150 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL FEEDER VEINS: ORE SHOOTS SHORT AND IRREGULAR. EARLIER WORKED VEIN HAD A NW STRIKE AND NE DIP OF 50 .
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 81-82 , 246 .
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 80 , 131 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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