Alice

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202654
MAS/MILS ID 0460810034
Record type Site
Current site name Alice

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.64497, 44.31746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1582
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

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 004 N 004 E 09 NESESW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.64497, 44.31746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Length 70M
    Width 2M
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    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

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Diamond-B Industries Pierre S. D.
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRUNDWALD ROSS R 1970 GEOLOGY ANDMINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GAL

  • Deposit

    ING DISTRICT BLACK HILLS S D PH D THESIS SDSM&T 323 PP

  • Deposit

    SHAPIRO LEWIS H AND GRIES JOHN PAUL 1970 ORE DEPOSITS OF PAL

  • Deposit

    AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS S D U S GEOL SU

  • Deposit

    AVEY MINERALS PROGRAM CONTRACT # 14-08-0001-10650

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES 1954 BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS SOUTH DAK

  • Deposit

    T I WASHINGTON D C U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7688 123 PP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references