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King of the West

Past Producer 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. 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. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055589
MRDS ID SD02181
Record type Site
Current site name King of the West
Alternate or previous names North Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.7739, 44.09746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.5 MI NORTH NORTHWEST OF DEERFIELD LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deerfield(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 002N 003E 28 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, AT THE HEAD OF SMITH GULCH (MAP LOCATION); OTHER SOURCES PLACE IT NW 1/4 SECTION 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Cummingtonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.7739, 44.09746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 65 SE
    Plunge 70
    Plunge direction NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs On The Crest Of A Sharp Fold Plunging 70 Deg. N.E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer August Obers

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James L. Curran And Associates (King Of The West Mining Co.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner James L. Curran

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25.01 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 706g/mt
  • Year 1909
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^11.03 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 311g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY WORKS: 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN OPEN CUT. MORE RECENT WORKS: 150 FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTS ON THE 50- AND 75- FOOT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 25 - TON CHILEAN MILL. 50 - TON CYANIDE MILL

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

  • Production

    U.S. 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 MINERALIZATION IS ON THE CREST OF A FOLD

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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