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Gold Fish Group

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010774
MRDS ID D004741
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Fish Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.62446, 43.81968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 3.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 003S 004E 03 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 3 IS DIVIDED BETWEEN CUSTER AND BERNE QUADRANGLES; THE LOCATION GIVEN ABOVE IS IN CUSTER QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.62446, 43.81968
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladys Wells

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 20.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS EXTEND 12 FEET NW AND 28 FEET SE FROM THE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZONE OF QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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