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Clara Belle

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011985
MRDS ID D007205
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Belle
Alternate or previous names Golden Arrow, Forest City

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.60723, 43.86802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 004E 23,13,14,24 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERED IN THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 23 EXTENDING INTO SECTIONS 13, 14, AND 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHEST GOLD VALUES ARE ALONG THE HANGING WALL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.60723, 43.86802
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 4.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TIN OCCURS IN SEGREGATIONS OF GRANULAR MICA AND TOURMALINE WITH A LITTLE QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clara Belle Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $500 IN GOLD WAS PRODUCED BEFORE 1901

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 350 FOOT CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN ON THE 250 FOOT LEVEL. A 97 FOOT WINZE FOLLOWED DOWN ON THE VEIN.

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

  • 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, AND A 2 INCH TO 2 FOOT TIN-BEARING PEGMATITE LOCATED 75 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE GOLD VEIN. 13 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

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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