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Echo Mine

Occurrence in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055536
MRDS ID SD02108
Record type Site
Current site name Echo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.81058, 44.38635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF MAITLAND, 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)

Redwater(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 005N;005N 002E;003E 24;19 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 CORNER OF SECTION 19 AND NORTHEAST 1/4 CORNER OF SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schists
    Rock description Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.81058, 44.38635
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Echo Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 128.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE 420 FT DEEP AND THE OTHER 200 FT DEEP. THERE IS ABOUT 1,400 FT OF CROSS-CUTTING AT THE 200 AND 400 FT LEVELS.

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

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