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Omega Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104201
MRDS ID SD02067
Record type Site
Current site name Omega Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.76891, 44.36635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF LEAD, 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

Lead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 003E 28 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • WEST CENTRAL PART OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrite Altered To Iron Oxide

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.76891, 44.36635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basal Conglomerate Of Deadwood Formation

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERLAIN BY SERIES OF WEAK, FRIABLE SANDSTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY BY A DRIFT, THEN MINED THROUGH RAISES INTO THE ORE-BEARING ZONE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 10-STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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