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Mariposa Mine

Occurrence in Pennington 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. 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055584
MRDS ID SD02174
Record type Site
Current site name Mariposa Mine
Alternate or previous names Merry Posey, Mary Posey, Slate Creek Lode, Third Time Lode, Blair Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63001, 44.06163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYSTIC, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001N 004E 10 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.63001, 44.06163
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mystic District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Wilson And J. E. Bramblette

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 35- AND 30- FT SHAFTS; 500 FT DRIFT BEGINNING 40 FT ABOVE THE CREEK; 2 CROSSCUTS AND SOME STOPING AND A RAISE TO THE SURFACE AT THE BACK END OF THE SHAFT. THE MAIN DRIFT BEARS S 55 W.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY INCLUDED 8 CLAIMS. REFILED AS THIRD TIME LODE IN 1941 ; ECON.COM: SMALL MILL (NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION)

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-OCT-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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