The Buffalo Shaft is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,381 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: 5,381 Feet (1,640 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.08333, -105.52361
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Buffalo Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: Highland Flats - Box Creek 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: Exxon Minerals Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 3020, Casper, Wy. 82602
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Plunging Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (General): Some sort of "CORRECTION PER CARL BIENIEWSKI - MLA - IFOC" was made to deleted record 10181125. No way to tell what the correction was. This comment could probably be deleted.
Comment (Workings): OPERATE UNDERGROUND URANIUM MINE.
Comment (Location): CENTER OF N2 TAKEN AS LOCATION
References
Reference (Deposit): SUPPLEMENTAL ENV. RPT, USGS LIB # HO111,W9H53 1977
Reference (Production): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES OF WYOMING, 1980, P.50
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, 1976, MINOBRAS, P. 8-12
Pages: p. 8-12.
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE INSPECTED OF MINES OF WYOMING, 1980, P. 50
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