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Durango Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104215
MRDS ID SD02115
Record type Site
Current site name Durango Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.77947, 44.35302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position AT 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 32 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF GOLD RUN; E 1/2 , NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Cementing Material In Basal Conglomerate Thoroughly Oxidized

Nearby scientific data

(1) Trachytic Intrusive Rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 1. Basal Conglomerate Of The Deadwood Formation Contains The Most Important Ore, Gold From Precambrian Placer Origin. 2. Lower Contact Ore Zone Above Basal Quartzite In A Dolomite Bed Of The Deadwood Formation (Replacement). 3. Vertical Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE GRADED INTO WOLFRAMITE

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 production information

  • OPERATED AS A GOLD MINE FOR 30 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

  • Production

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS OF BASAL CONGLOMERATE. 8 IN - 2 FT OF REFRACTORY SILICEOUS ORE IN LOWER CONTACT ZONE.

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.

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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