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Columbia Mine

Producer in Pennington 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10011980
MRDS ID D007199
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Alternate or previous names Maiden Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.4175, 43.89829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 04 SW OF SW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO BULLION MINE ON THE SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN PLACES CONTAINS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS A TON IN GOLD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.4175, 43.89829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALSO 150 AND 200 FOOT SHAFTS. DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN NORTH AND SOUTH OFF THE 1300 FOOT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • IN 1927 IT WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE HOLY TERROR, BULLION AND KEYSTONE MINES.

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.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

  • Production

    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 QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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