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Minerva 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055519
MRDS ID SD02083
Record type Site
Current site name Minerva Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.76947, 44.38024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH 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

Spearfish(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 005N 003E 21 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4: NORTH SIDE OF BLACKTAIL GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Original Pryite Much Less Oxidized Than The Deadbroke Mine 500 Ft West.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.76947, 44.38024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In The Cement Ore Of The Basal Conglomerate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lead District

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE ENTERED BY TUNNEL EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM THE HILLSIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1054 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE THICKNESS OF THE CONGLOMERATE VARIES FROM LESS THAN 2 FEET ALONG THE OUTCROP TO ABOUT 22 FEET IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE MINE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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