Mine detail: Buffalo Tunnel Mine

Previously called 'Great Salt Lake Tunnel and Mining Co.Allegan MineEmma Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59216, -111.63217

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ophir
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	M058329
DEP	10088736
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.}{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.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 256.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.