Golden West Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055611
MRDS ID SD02209
Record type Site
Current site name Golden West Mine
Alternate or previous names Benedict Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.75335, 44.08163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHFORD, S.D.

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 001N 003E 03 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -103.75335, 44.08163

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip FLAT LYING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flat Lying Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden West Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. R. H. Weeth

Production statistics

  • Year 1902
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^120.93 Oz Gold $3,006.00
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3414g
  • Year 1903
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^251.00 Oz Gold $4,000.00
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 7087g
  • Year 1905
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^598.50 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 16900g
  • Year 1906
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 119 Oz Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 3360g
  • Year 1907
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^349.99 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 9882g

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IN 1905 COULD BE PARTLY FROM 1904

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 DRILL HOLES TO 150 FT. DEVELOPMENT BY OPEN CUT, SHAFT AND DRIFTS TOTALLING 900 FT. OPEN CUT WAS UP TO 35 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • 10 PATENTED AND 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

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

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.

External references