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Keystone Mine

Past 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055456
MRDS ID SD02008
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.41947, 45.89829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position AT KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA ; 450 FT. NORTHEAST OF THE HOLY TERROR SHAFT ; 450 FT. NORTHEAST OF THE HOLY TERROR SHAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagles Nest Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camp Crook(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Grand(hydrologic unit)

Grand-Moreau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Oahe(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

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 05 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.41947, 45.89829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES PRODUCTION FOR HOLY TERROR MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST ORE SHORT DEVELOPED, THREE TOTAL; 200 FT. DEPTH IN KEYSTONE SHAFT. CROSSCUTS FROM THE HOLY TERROR MINE AT 500 FT., 700 FT., AND 1000 FT. LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .

  • Production

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16

  • Reserve-Resource

    US 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 KEYSTONE VEIN APPARENTLY PARALLEL TO VEINS IN HOLY TERROR, BULLION AND COLUMBIA MINES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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