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Moulton Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104230
MRDS ID SD02167
Record type Site
Current site name Moulton Mine
Alternate or previous names Hardin Properties Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.69307, 44.35607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 1 MI SE OF DEADWOOD, 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

Deadwood South(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 36 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 , CENTER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Pyritic Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.69307, 44.35607
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Two Bit District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hardin Mining And Manufacturing Co.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1899 , 30 TONS OF PYRITE PER DAY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN VICINITY

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GOLD VALUES WERE LOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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

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