Colorado · Jefferson County
Past Producer

Buffalo Mine

Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
LeadGoldSilverFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueBarite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite · Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Pine Gulch Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationFe Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Last production1898
Identification
Deposit ID10013749
MRDS IDD010210
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.39221, -105.28614
References
AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 60-61BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-598.