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South Golden Reward 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 10055535
MRDS ID SD02106
Record type Site
Current site name South Golden Reward Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80086, 44.33052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 1 MI 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

  • SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 ; ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DIVIDE BETWEEN FANTAIL AND STEWART GULCHES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
    Rock unit name Phonolite
    Rock description Phonolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80086, 44.33052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 228.6M
    Width 137.16M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Series Of Four Sub-Parallel Coalescing Shoots Lying On Basal Quartzite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHONOLITE INTRUSIVE JUST BELOW THE QUARTZITE ELEVATES THE ORE BODY ABOVE THE ORE IN OTHER MINES IN THIS REGION.

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 Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SEE RECORD NAMED 'GOLDEN REWARD MINE'

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR TUNNELS; UNDERLIES THE SOUTH ENDS OF THE GOLDEN REWARD AND SILVER CASE CLAIMS

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH DIRECTION IS NORTH - SOUTH, WIDTH IS EAST - WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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