Mine detail: Buffalo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.41702, -110.78458

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Martin Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Diabase Outcrops Throughout Area, Including W And N Of Sediments Where Mine Is Located. Martin Limestone Fault Block Is Surrounded By Troy Quartzite, Faults And Sediments Strike Ne., In The Mine Two Steeply Dipping Mineralized Faults That Crop Out Near The Crest Of Buffalo Hill Were Developed. The Main Fault Probably Is The East Branch; It Was Formed Before The Intursion Of Diabase, And The Block To The Southeast Was Relatively Depressed Faults Strike Ne, See Plate 1, Pp 342 For Details.

References

MRDSM003081
DEP10027435
Reference{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 12.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterGere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)