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Custer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055480
MRDS ID SD02033
Record type Site
Current site name Custer Mine
Alternate or previous names Double Rainbow Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.6389, 44.33413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1517
Relative position 440 FT. ABOVE THE TOWN OF GALENA, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadwood South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(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 004N 004E 04 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) A Few Inches Of Soft Oxidized Ore Overlay The Quartzite In This Area. The Quartzite Is Highly Impregnated With Oxides Of Manganese And Iron.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.6389, 44.33413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 10 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upper Contact Zone Of The Deadwood Formation, Which Slopes To The Ne At 10 Deg

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dewolfe Barton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENDS INTO THE HILLSIDE FOR ABOUT 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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-JUN-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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