The Buffalo Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,824 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: 6,824 Feet (2,080 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.7803, -115.11970
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Buffalo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Atlanta District Or Middle Boise 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
Owner Name: Atlanta Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS, LENSES , LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mn Stains, Fe Stains, Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REMAINING ORE VALUED AT $4 - $20/TON, 1930'S PRICES . AG TO AU RATIO IS 200 TO 1.
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Miargyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): $1,200,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION BY 1935.. PRODUCTION ABOVE 100-FT. LEVEL ABOUT $1,000,000.
Comment (Location): ON UPPER PART OF QUARTZ GULCH ON SW SIDE OF MONARCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): ST. JOSEPH LEAD COMPANY
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., 1939, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 49, P. 58.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1939, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, ATLANTA DISTRICT, ELMORE CO., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 49, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): 1939 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 49
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