| Deposit ID | 10250258 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0460810047 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merritt No. 1 and Merritt No. 2 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.63837, 44.33216 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1542 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Lawrence |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 004 N | 004 E | 04 | NWSESE | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | 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) | -103.63837, 44.33216 |
|---|
| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 00E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 70M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Galena District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Double Rainbow Mines Inc Deadwood South Dakota |
| Interest | 87 |
| Home office | South Dakota |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Borsch, Fred G. |
| Interest | 13 |
| Home office | South Dakota |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Double Rainbow Mines |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | South Dakota |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0460810047 |
CONNOLLY, J P,1927,THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHE
K HILLS: S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINESBULL 15,130PP
GRUNWALD ROSS R GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GALENA M
ISTRICT BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA PH D THESIS SOUTH DAKOTA SC
MINES AND TECHNOLOGY 1970 285 PP
SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES J P ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC
RTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA 1970 110
U S BUREAU OF MINES,1954,BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DA
ART I: WASHINGTON D C,U S BUMINESIC 7688,123P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 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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