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Golden Slipper Gold and Silver

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Sulfides
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  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 10101550
MRDS ID D004752
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Slipper Gold and Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.50056, 43.94635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3.5 MILES EAST 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 005E 22 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfides Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.50056, 43.94635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 0.25M
    Depth to bottom 198.12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empire Gold Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1911
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^231.89 Ounces Au 44 Ounces Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1242g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 6547g/mt
  • Year 1935
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^295.86 Ounces Au 52 Ounces Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1468g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 8354g/mt
  • Year 1936
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^119.15 Ounces Au 24 Ounces Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 678g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 3364g/mt
  • Year 1937
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1,642.15 Ounces Au 266 Ounces Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 7511g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 46370g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1935 - 38 INCLUDES ORE FROM BOTH THE GOLDEN SLIPPER & FORREST CITY VEINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • WINCE EXTENDS TO 650 - FOOT LEVEL, EXTENSIVE STOPING BETWEEN LEVELS, CROSSCUTS ON 60 -, 120 -, 250 -, 310 -, 420 -, 500 -, AND 550 - FOOTLEVELS. CONNECTED TO THE FORREST CITY WORKINGS AT THE 500 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • THE GOLDEN SLIPPER GROUP & THE FORREST CITY GROUP TOTAL 900 ACRES. ; ECON.COM: GOLD OCCURS FREE AND WITH ARSENOPYRITE AND OTHER SULFIDES

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

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

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