Ok Lode Gold & Silver

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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055703
MRDS ID SD02323
Record type Site
Current site name Ok Lode Gold & Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.60529, 43.98496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY, 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

Hill City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(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 001S 004E 02 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4
  • NEAR ROUTE 87

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS MILKY WHITE QUARTZ WITH FREE GOLD AND MINUTE INCLUSIONS OF GRAPHITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver 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) -103.60529, 43.98496

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.12 Ounces Of Gold, 6 Ounces Of Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 169.4g
    Ore Gold Gold 1161g

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 2 AND 3 ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS. ITEM 2 BY LINCOLN AND ITEMS BY ALLSMAN.
  • LITTLE GOLD WAS RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 3 SHAFTS, 20, 70, AND 135 FEET, AND 320 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN CUTS
  • MANY PROSPECTS WITH SHAFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES, AND SMALL OPENINGS

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
  • ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTHEASTERN EXTENSION OF THE SAME FISSURE VEIN AS THE GOLD HILL MINE.
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.