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Maitland Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055458
MRDS ID SD02010
Record type Site
Current site name Maitland Mine
Alternate or previous names Penobscot Mine Lawrence County, Realization Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.79558, 44.39135 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.8 KM NORTH - NORTHWEST OF LEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spearfish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 003E 18 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • PENOBSCOT IS IN SE 1/4 OF SEC. 18 AND REALIZATION IN THE CENTER OF SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomite Beds Replaced Outward From The Fractures

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.79558, 44.39135
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Black Hills

Ore body information

  • Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Mineralized Fractures, Lower Contact Zone, Lower Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Lead District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canyon Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on development

  • 1100 AC. OF MINING CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

  • 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 { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

Reporter information

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

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