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Pennsylvania Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055550
MRDS ID SD02127
Record type Site
Current site name Pennsylvania Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Rule Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80169, 44.35885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST 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 005N 003E 30,31 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF DEADWOOD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80169, 44.35885
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast-Southwest Trending Shear Zone Associated With Igneous Intrusion To The East

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PORPHYRY BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED THE FRACTURES IS TO THE EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Lead District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 265.18M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on development

  • 18 CLAIMS COVERING 245.6 AC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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 BELIEVED AN EXTENSION OF FRACTURE ZONE IN GLADIATOR (CUTTING) MINE TO THE EAST

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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