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Jungle Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104242
MRDS ID SD02221
Record type Site
Current site name Jungle Mine
Alternate or previous names Custer Peak Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.69446, 44.21302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 AIRLINE MILES SOUTH OF CUSTER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Elk(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 003N;003N 003E;004E 13,24;18,19 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Graphite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Iron Oxides And Oxides And Carbonates Of Copper

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.69446, 44.21302
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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 Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Custer Peak Copper Co.

Comments on the production information

  • GREATEST ACTIVITY AROUND 1900; ONLY RECORD IS 1918.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TEST PITS. MAIN SHAFT 250 FT; OTHERS 65 AND 90 FEET IN DEPTH

Comments on development

  • JUNGLE MINE, THE MOST PRODUCTIVE, BURNED IN FIRE OF 1942. THE COMPANYS HOLDINGS ORIGINALY COMPRISED 220 AC ; ECON.COM: OLD MINERVA GOLD MILL MOVED ONTO PROPERTY, 1917, NEVER USED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 768

  • Production

    U.S. 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-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.

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