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Copper Glance

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104236
MRDS ID SD02195
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance
Alternate or previous names Poisoned Ox Group, Uranium Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.47917, 44.0769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF PACTOLA, 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

Pactola Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(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 001N 005E 02 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR RAPID CREEK BUT INEXACT POINT OF LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.47917, 44.0769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zones (Uranium Is In Crushed And Altered Zone)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pactola District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ray Sanders

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 2.44M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL SURFACE PITS, 3 SHAFTS 15 FT DEEP, AND AN ADIT 50 FT LONG. URANIUM DEVELOPMENT IS IRREGULAR STOPE 8 FT BY 30 FT BY 10 FT

Comments on development

  • 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 240 AC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. 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 SILICIFIED ZONE STRIKES N 40 W; DIPS NE. URANIUM ZONE STRIKES N 70 W; DIPS 65 - 70 NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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