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Yellow Bird Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055621
MRDS ID SD02222
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Dexter Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.77474, 44.09968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1826
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE KING OF THE WEST MINE AND 4.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHFORD, 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

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Ore

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) -103.77474, 44.09968
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip SE
    Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Or Fault Zone Striking N 30 E And Dipping Southeast

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Yellow Bird Mining And Milling Association
  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden West Co.

Comments on the production information

  • UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF $26,000 GOLD FROM ONE SHAFT, $10,000 GOLD FROM ANOTHER, 1938

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 150 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOWER SHAFTS, SOME DRIFTING AND TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ASSESSMENT WORK, 1954, BY MARIE HARTSELL ; ECON.COM: 50 TON FLOTATION 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

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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