Buffalo Shaft

The Buffalo Shaft is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,381 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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