| Deposit ID | 10226452 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0460810027 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc. |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.70777, 44.37026 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1476 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Lawrence |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 005 N | 003 E | 26 | SENENE | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -103.70777, 44.37026 |
|---|
| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 06N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 4.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 91.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 38M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 12.14HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 45.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1878 |
| Year of first production | 1937 |
| District name | Two Bit |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Belle Eldridge Gold |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | South Dakota |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0460810027 |
ALLSMAN,P.T. RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING DISTRICTS IN THE
HILLS, S.DAK. BUMINES BULL. 427. 1940, 146PP.
BALDWIN, G.P. BLACK HILLS ILLUSTRATED. BLACK HILLS MINING ME
ASS'N., DEADWOOD, 1904.
BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW. A MONTHLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED FROM
TO MARCH 1912
CONNOLLY,J.P. THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHERN BL
HILLS. SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 15,1927, 130PP.
CONNOLLY, J.P. AND O'HARRA,C.C. THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BL
HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 16, 1929, 418 PP
DARTON,N.H.,AND PAIGE, SIDNEY. CENTRAL BLACK HILLS FOLIO (NO
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS, 1925.
DEADWOOD BUSINESS CLUB. MINES AND MINING. DEADWOOD, MARCH,19
DOUGHERTY,E.Y.BELLE ELDRIDGE GOLD MINES, LAWRENCE COUNTY, S.
U.S. BUMINES,WAR MINERALS REPORT 84, 1943, 7PP.
DOVE, L.P. GEOLOGY AND ORE RESOURCES OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE G
MINES AND THE DEADWOOD ZINC ANDLEAD MINING COMPANY. UNPUB.
PRIVATE REPORT, 7 TYPEWRITTEN PAGES, NO DATE.
GRIES, J.P. THE GEOLOGY OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE LEAD AND ZINC
PROPERTY, NEAR DEADWOOD, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAK. UNPUB
TO U.S. BUMINES, 19 TYPEWRITTENPAGES, NO DATE.
IRVING,J.D.ET AL. ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN BLACK H
U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 26,1902, 222 PP.
LINCOLN,F.C. THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SO. DAK. SOUTH DAKOTA SC
MINES BULL. 17, 1937, 199 PP.
MIDDLETON, J.L. THE PARAGENESIS OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE ORES.
THESIS, DEPT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (NOT SEEN
MUNSON, G.A. MEMORANDUM TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER ON THE BELL
ELDRIDGE PROPERTY, DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAK. U.S. GUMINES UNPUB
REPORT DATED JAN 21, 1943.
SCHWARTZ,G.M. PARAGENESIS OF IRONSULFIDES IN A BLACK HILLS D
ECON. GEOL., VOL.23, 1925, PP. 810 - 825.
STATE MINE INSPECTOR, SOUTH DAKOTA. ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1942
WATERLAND,JOEL. MICROSCOPY REPORTOF BELLE ELDRIDGE MINE. UNP
CLASS REPORT, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES, FEB. 1943.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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