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Stewart 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055540
MRDS ID SD02113
Record type Site
Current site name Stewart Mine
Alternate or previous names Steward Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80225, 44.33107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 2.25 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 DIVIDE BETWEEN FANTAIL AND STEWART GULCHES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Was All Highly Oxidized

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80225, 44.33107
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N - S
    Dip 90
    Length 353.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 1. Dolomite Bed Just Above Basal Quartzite 2. Two Sets Vertical Fractures; Major N - S Set And Secondary N 30 Deg E

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 workings information

  • CLOSE TO THE SURFACE, CONSISTED OF TWO MAIN DRIFTS, WITH CROSS DRIFTS AND STOPES TO OUTLINE THE IRREGULARITIES OF THE ORE BODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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 SECONDARY STRIKE IS N 30 DEG E. DEPOSIT CONTAINED HIGH VALUES OF GOLD AND SILVER.

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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