| Deposit ID | 10202409 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0460810062 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Double Rainbow |
| Alternate or previous names | Richmond Sitting Bull, Richmond-Sitting Bull |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.37196, 44.20026 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1451 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Meade(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Blackhawk(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Lawrence |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 004 N | 004 E | 03 | C N2SW | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Acanthite | Unknown |
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Ferberite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -103.37196, 44.20026 |
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| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 00E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 350M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 35M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Year of first production | 1881 |
| District name | Galena District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Double Rainbow Mines Deadwood S Dakota |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | South Dakota |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 927M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 77M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0460810062 |
BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW 1902 V8 NO 9
GRUNWALD ROSS 1970 GEOLOGY ANDIMINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GALEN
G DISTRICT BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA PH D THESIS SOUTH DAKOTA
OFMINES AND TECHNOLOGY 323P
SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES 51P 1970 ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALE
ND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS S DAKOTA U S GEO
Y HEAVY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT #14-08-0001-10650
SLAUGHTER A L AND HART OLIN 1968 DOUBLE RAINBOW PROJECT: OME
ILVER CONTRACT 2233 FINAL REPORT 150 P
SMITH F C 1897 THE POTSDAM GOLD ORES OF THE BLACK HILLS OF S
KOTA AIME TRANS 27 P404-428.
US BUMINES 1954 BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S DAKOTA PART I: W
US BUMINES INFO CIRC 7688 123P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PROBABILISTIC GRADE QUANTITY MATRIX WORK SHEET IS ENTIRE HE 50 PER CENT CONFIDENCE LEVEL AND IS OF THE ONLY AVAILABLE CE QUANTITY ESTIMATE KNOWN. THE AVERAGE GRADES ARE ALSO THE AILABLE RESULTS AND ARE FROM THE LOWER CONTACT ORE OF THE DO INBOW MINE WHICH IS BELOW THE RICHMOND SITTING BULL. GRUNWA RTED AVERAGE GRADES OF NINE RICHMOND SITTING-BULL SAMPLES AT UNCES PER TON SILVER (5 TIMES THEDOUBLE RAINBOW GRADE) AND 0 CES PER TON GOLD (SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE DOUBLE RAINBOW). NO R ZINC FIGURES WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE RICHMOND SITTING-BULL. HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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