Buffalo Tunnel Mine

The Buffalo Tunnel Mine is a lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,740 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

Name: Buffalo Tunnel Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 8,740 Feet (2,664 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 40.59222, -111.63139

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Buffalo Tunnel Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Buffalo Tunnel Mine
Secondary: Emma Mine
Secondary: Great Salt Lake Tunnel and Mining Co.
Secondary: Allegan Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood 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

Owner Name: Alta United Mines Co.
Home Office: 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Comment (Development): PROBABLY WORKED AS PART OF EMMA GROUP

Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL WITH THREE SMALL SIDE DRIFTS


References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, PL. 41.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL. ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 256.


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