Gilt Edge Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055475
MRDS ID SD02028
Record type Site
Current site name Gilt Edge Mine
Alternate or previous names Dakota Maid Mine
Related records 10226159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.67502, 45.33163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 8 KM. EAST - SOUTHEAST OF LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moreau Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Moreau(hydrologic unit)

Grand-Moreau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Oahe(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 004E 05,06 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rhyolite Dikes Are Extensively Altered And Mineralized. Pyrite Altered To Limonite Near The Surface.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dikes, Quartz Monzonite Laccolith
    Rock description Rhyolite Dikes, Quartz Monzonite Laccolith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.67502, 45.33163

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Location Of Dikes And Sills

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Leslie Sansom

Comments on the production information

  • LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 442M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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 . { 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-MAY-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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