The Stenson's Buffalo Prospect is a iron mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,559 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: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 44.9897, -113.47060
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Stenson's Buffalo Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stenson's Buffalo Prospect
Secondary: Stenson
Secondary: Buffalo
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mc Devitt 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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Roy Stenson, G. E. Shoup
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Micaceous Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Micaceous Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Drainage Divide W Of Horseshoe Bend Creek, 1000-1500 Ft SW Of No Pay Mine
References
Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.
Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bulletin 1126, 76 P.
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