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El Refugio 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055528
MRDS ID SD02096
Record type Site
Current site name El Refugio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63418, 44.33746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 0.5 MI. NORTH 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

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 , NE 1/4 ; LIES ON A FLAT TOPPED RIDGE BETWEEN BUTCHER GULCH AND A SMALL TRIBUTARY, WHICH ENTERS BEAR BUTTE CREEK BEHIND THE OLD MOGUL MILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Iron Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fracture, Upper Ore Horizon

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

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OF THE LESS IMPORTANT MINES BEFORE 1904 AND NO PRODUCTION SINCE THAT DATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE RESTS ON DENSE QUARTZITE, WHICH IS HEAVILY IMPREGNATED WITH FE AND MN OXIDES AND IS IN TURN OVERLAIN BY A SECTION OF SLABBY DOLOMITE. THE ORE HORIZON LIES ONLY A FEW FEET BELOW THE UPLAND SURFACE AT AN ELEVATION VARYING FROM 4,870 TO 4,900 FT. SERIES OF TRENCHES, PITS AND DRIFTS.

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-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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