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Calabogia Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055616
MRDS ID SD02215
Record type Site
Current site name Calabogia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61224, 44.1419 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ON JIM CREEK, 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERRIT, 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

Nemo(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 004E 11 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Silver Ore
Boulangerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61224, 44.1419
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In The Schist Contain The Jamesonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALOGY SUGGESTS IT IS THE NORTHEAST OUTLIER OF THE JAMESONITE ORES OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Calabogia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chris Ruth

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 52.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK TO WATER AT 130 FT BY 1891. IT HAD REACHED 173 FT BY 1907

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

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

  • 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 GEOLOGY NOT REPORTED BUT MINERALOGY SUGGESTS ORE IS LIKE JAMESONITE ORES OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT (SEE ALEXANDER MINE) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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