The Buffalo Group is a lead and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,875 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: 4,875 Feet (1,486 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.48361, -110.71917
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Buffalo Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo Group
Secondary: Wieland Group Claims
Secondary: Golden Rose
Secondary: Lead Queen
Secondary: Jefferson Group
Secondary: Mono Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Porphyritic To Fine-Grained, Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows
Type: L
Description: Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Veins Cutting Thick-Bedding Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Andesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 72.100000+-3.000000
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY 1900'S ASSASY VALUES AVERAGED 2.8% CU, 55 OZ/TON AG, $1-2/TON AU, 56% PB, 9.2% FE, 2% ZN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF SULFIDES, WITH CARBONATE AND CHLORIDE OF LEAD
Comment (Geology): OLDER SILICATED LIMESTONE AND ALTERED SHALE OCCUR LOCALLY; GOLDEN ROSE DEPOSITS ARE CONTAINED IN FINE-GRAINED, DARK IRON-GRAY QUARTZ DIORITE; GOLDEN ROSE ORE DEPOSITS CONTAIN GOLD, SILVER, LEAD, AND COPPER MINERALS IN A CRUDELY BANDEDGANGUE OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK WHICH IS MORE OR LESS POROUS AND HONEYCOMBED
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON RIDGE BETWEEN HARSHAW AND ALUM CREEKS; 1/4 MILE TO NW OF BASIN MINE; GOLDEN ROSE MINE IS WESTERN EXTENSION OF BUFFALO GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY COMPRISES 5 CLAIMS; OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED GEORGE WIELAND, JEFFERSON MINING CO. (?-1902), T.E. MUNN MINING CO. (1910-?), MUMME MINING CO., PABLO MEDINA, AUGUST BRODINE, J.W. WILSON; GEORGE A. EDWARD, K.H. HOWE, DUARTA AND SOTO, R.H. ROWE; PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY DURING EARLY-MID 1900'S
Comment (Deposit): LEAD-SILVER ORE ENCOUNTERED JUST BELOW SURFACE; COPPER, LEAD, AND SILVER ORES FOUND AT DEPTHS OF 40-50 FT; GOLDEN ROSE LODE STRIKES N70E, DIPS 80S, IS 16-20 FT WIDE, AND IS 300 FT LONG
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 166-FT DEEP SHAFT AND VARIOUS DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES ON 2 LEVELS; GOLDEN ROSE MINE WORKINGS INCLUDE 90-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A FEW 100 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 300 FT TUNNEL FOLLOWING LODE STRIKE
Comment (Deposit): MONO MINE IS SYNONYM FOR GOLDEN ROSE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; GOLDEN ROSE GROUP, MONO MINE
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, MONO MINE
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 276-277
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:4800O)
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E
Reference (Deposit): MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
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