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Retriever Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055507
MRDS ID SD02066
Record type Site
Current site name Retriever Mine
Alternate or previous names Rebecca Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80641, 44.33774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEAD, 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

Lead(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 003E 06 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NW 1/4, ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN NEVADA AND FANTAIL GULCHES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM THE ADIT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DIVIDE CONTAINED 14 , 10.5 AND 1.1 PPM OF AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Porphyry Sill
    Rock description Porphyry Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80641, 44.33774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Just Above The Basal Quartzite In Dolomite, Following North - South Trending Shoot

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PORPHYRY SILL INTRUDED BELOW THE QUARTZITE, THUS ELEVATED THE ORE HORIZON ABOVE THE SAME ZONE IN THE CLINTON MINE TO THE WEST. A SMALL SILL OVERLIES THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby Basin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Reward Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SEE RECORD 'LUNDBERG, DORR AND WILSON' FOR PRODUCTION FIGURES.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS ENTERED BY DRIFTS EXTENDING IN FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE RIDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IS A LONG, NARROW SHOOT, STRIKE SLIGHTLY WEST OF NORTH; ONE SILL BELOW THE QUARTZITE THUS ELEVATING THE ORE HORIZON CONSIDERABLY ABOVE THE SAME ZONE IN THE CLINTON MINE TO THE WEST. A SMALLER SILL IMMEDIATELY OVERLIES THE ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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