Buffalo Head Prospect

The Buffalo Head Prospect is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 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

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Site Name

Primary: Buffalo Head Prospect
Secondary: Buffalo Head Mining Co. Claim No. 6

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Maybell District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: Wyoming Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Washakie Basin

Type: L
Description: Lay Syncline, Maybell Monocline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: (See Back)

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY 0.16 TO 0.4 MR/HR
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION- 0.04 MR/HR

Materials

Ore: Uranophane

Comments

Comment (Production): AS OF 1971, 96 TONS HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.11% U308, PRODUCING 206 LBS. OF U308, AND 0.01% V205, PRODUCING 10 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978).

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 266

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972, 1: 250,000.

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