Spokane Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129095
MAS/MILS ID 0460330031
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.37726, 43.83966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1392
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002 S 006 E 26 SWSW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Vanadinite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.37726, 43.83966

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 213M
    Width 91M
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip E00W:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Spokane

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Congo Uranium Com \0
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW V 4,V 5,V 6,V 8,V 10.

  • Deposit

    S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 16 P 183 185.

  • Deposit

    FUERSTENAU AND NATION 1954 UNPUB BS THESIS S DAKOTA SCHOOL O

  • Deposit

    GRIES 1948 US BUREAU MINES PROPOSAL

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES US BUREAU MINES1915 1917 1918 1919 1926 19

  • Deposit

    1929 1930 1931

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK US BUREAU MINES1940

  • Deposit

    GEOL SOC AMERICA BULL VOL 57 P 1557 1558

  • Deposit

    LARSEN AND RAUBACH 1954 UNPUB BS THESIS S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF M

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN 1943 US BUREAU MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL17 P 16 36 81

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS S DAK ACAD SCIENCE VOL 49

  • Deposit

    REPT BY TECH SERVICE CORP CINC OHIO SUBJECT NO 412 1930

  • Deposit

    S DAKOTA GEOL SURVEY BULL 3 P 60 61

  • Deposit

    RAPP 1970 UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS SDAKOTA SCHOOL MINES AND TEC

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPTS S DAK STATE INSPECTOR MINES 1891 1892 1916 1917

  • Deposit

    119-1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1940

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Elwood / Sd U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references