Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226452
MAS/MILS ID 0460810027
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.70777, 44.37026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1476

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005 N 003 E 26 SENENE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.70777, 44.37026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 06N
    Thickness 4.5M
    Length 91.5M
    Width 38M
    Area 12.14HA
    Depth to top 45.8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:06N
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 12.14
    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 1878
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Two Bit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Belle Eldridge Gold
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLSMAN,P.T. RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING DISTRICTS IN THE

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    HILLS, S.DAK. BUMINES BULL. 427. 1940, 146PP.

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    BALDWIN, G.P. BLACK HILLS ILLUSTRATED. BLACK HILLS MINING ME

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    ASS'N., DEADWOOD, 1904.

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    BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW. A MONTHLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED FROM

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    TO MARCH 1912

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    CONNOLLY,J.P. THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHERN BL

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    HILLS. SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 15,1927, 130PP.

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    CONNOLLY, J.P. AND O'HARRA,C.C. THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BL

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    HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 16, 1929, 418 PP

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    DARTON,N.H.,AND PAIGE, SIDNEY. CENTRAL BLACK HILLS FOLIO (NO

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    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS, 1925.

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    DEADWOOD BUSINESS CLUB. MINES AND MINING. DEADWOOD, MARCH,19

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    DOUGHERTY,E.Y.BELLE ELDRIDGE GOLD MINES, LAWRENCE COUNTY, S.

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    U.S. BUMINES,WAR MINERALS REPORT 84, 1943, 7PP.

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    DOVE, L.P. GEOLOGY AND ORE RESOURCES OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE G

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    MINES AND THE DEADWOOD ZINC ANDLEAD MINING COMPANY. UNPUB.

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    PRIVATE REPORT, 7 TYPEWRITTEN PAGES, NO DATE.

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    GRIES, J.P. THE GEOLOGY OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE LEAD AND ZINC

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    PROPERTY, NEAR DEADWOOD, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAK. UNPUB

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    TO U.S. BUMINES, 19 TYPEWRITTENPAGES, NO DATE.

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    IRVING,J.D.ET AL. ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN BLACK H

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    U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 26,1902, 222 PP.

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    LINCOLN,F.C. THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SO. DAK. SOUTH DAKOTA SC

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    MINES BULL. 17, 1937, 199 PP.

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    MIDDLETON, J.L. THE PARAGENESIS OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE ORES.

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    THESIS, DEPT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (NOT SEEN

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    MUNSON, G.A. MEMORANDUM TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER ON THE BELL

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    ELDRIDGE PROPERTY, DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAK. U.S. GUMINES UNPUB

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    REPORT DATED JAN 21, 1943.

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    SCHWARTZ,G.M. PARAGENESIS OF IRONSULFIDES IN A BLACK HILLS D

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    ECON. GEOL., VOL.23, 1925, PP. 810 - 825.

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    STATE MINE INSPECTOR, SOUTH DAKOTA. ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1942

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    WATERLAND,JOEL. MICROSCOPY REPORTOF BELLE ELDRIDGE MINE. UNP

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    CLASS REPORT, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES, FEB. 1943.

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-1984 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