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Daisy 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055529
MRDS ID SD02098
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.81919, 44.3294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 0.9 MI. EAST OF TERRY PEAK, 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 002E 01 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN FANTAIL AND STEWART GULCHES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SE 1/4 SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Deadwood Formation
    Rock description Deadwood Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.81919, 44.3294
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fractures Through The Uppermost Contact Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Ruby Basin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Reward Consolidated Gold Mining And Milling Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE AND CONSISTED OF TRENCHES AND SHALLOW DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • THIS IS THE EASTERNMOST RECORDED OCCURRENCE OF MINERALIZATION AT THE UPPER CONTACT IN THE BALD MOUNTAIN-RUBY BASIN AREA.

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, 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

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

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