Richmond Hill Mine

Producer in South Dakota, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085073
MRDS ID W700591
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.852, 44.396 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Northernmost disturbance seen on Google Earth at end of Richmond Hill Road.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spearfish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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
United States South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.852, 44.396

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 44

  • Location

    There are 2 big disturbances near end of Richmond Hill Road. One or both may be Richmond Hill Mine. This area is an EPA superfund site.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 05-MAR-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references