Buffalo Mine

The Buffalo Mine is a fluorine-fluorite, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,739 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 Mine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Buffalo Creek Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith

Type: L
Description: Pine Gulch Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxides

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1040.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1040.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1040.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDS S 17 E AND IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURING NEAR PINE GULCH FAULT, WHICH HERE TRENDS N 60 W

Comment (Workings): 6-FT-DEEP OPEN CUT AND 35-FT-DEEP SHAFT

Comment (Location): SOUTH OF SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AND HIGHWAY ABOUT 0.75 MILE NW OF BUFFALO CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Development): PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR AU AND AG, LATER EXAMINED FOR FLUORSPAR

References

Reference (Deposit): AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 60-61

Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-598.

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