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Gold Mountain Mining Company

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055571
MRDS ID SD02156
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mountain Mining Company
Alternate or previous names Black Diamond - Gold Mountain Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.66946, 44.36579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3.5 MI EAST 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 005N 004E 29,30 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.66946, 44.36579
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In The Upper Contact Ore Horizon Of The Deadwood Formation, North - South Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • A CONTINUATION OF FRACTURES IN THE DEADWOOD - HEIDELBERG (MASCOT) GROUP TO THE NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Two Bit District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold Mountain Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF DRIFTS AND OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 21 CLAIMS, 211 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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