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Hayes Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055544
MRDS ID SD02119
Record type Site
Current site name Hayes Mine
Alternate or previous names Rutherford B Hayes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64668, 44.31774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 6.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF DEADWOOD, 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 09 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 , HILLSIDE EAST OF TRIBUTARY OF BEAR BUTTE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SIMILAR TO DESCRIPTION FOR SILVER QUEEN MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.64668, 44.31774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Deadwood Formation Has A Regional Dip Of 10 Deg Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faulting In Northeast Part. Displacements A Few Inches To 9 Feet

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Zone Is In The Lower Contact Zone Of The Deadwood Formation And In Vertical Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE THE PRECAMBRIAN SURFACE

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stewart, H. H. And Thompson, Nels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE UNDER AN AREA ABOUT 450 FEET EAST-WEST AND 360 FEET NORTH-SOUTH. ALTHOUGH THE ADITS ARE ALL ON THE HAYES CLAIM, THE DRIFTS EXTEND EASTWARD AND UNDERLIE THE CROW CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. 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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