Whitewood Creek

Past Producer in Meade county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226270
MAS/MILS ID 0460930273
Record type Site
Current site name Whitewood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.53167, 44.56996 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meade(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Onge SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belle Fourche(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Meade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 007 N 005 E 09 NWSW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.53167, 44.56996

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldstake Exploration Co. - Spearfish,Sd
    Interest 40
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Strawberry Hill Mining
    Interest 10
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Indicated 22600kg commodity
    Demonstrated 22600kg commodity
    Total resources 22600kg commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.71 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORIGINALLY LISTED IN ADIT AND PLANNED FOR PEFR ANALYSIS ON BASIS OF A LARGE (120,000 OZ AU/YR) TAILINGS RECOVERY PROJECT. INDICATIONS NOW THAT PLANNED OPERATION WILL BE A PLACER OPERATION--UNKNOWN SIZE. WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY. RESERVES WERE BACK CALCULATED USING 727,000 TR.OZ. (22,600 KG) CONTAINED GOLD AND A GRADE OF .05 OZ/T (1.71 G/MT) AS REPORTED IN MINING BUS. DIGEST(JAN.1992) - 13 APR 93

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WWW. NEWSPAGE. WHITEWOOD CREEK SUPERFUND DELETED FROM

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. 9/18/96. 2 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY 1995 ANNUAL FORM 10-K. P.36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references