Branch Mint

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10250781
MAS/MILS ID 0460810036
Record type Site
Current site name Branch Mint

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.63197, 44.33556 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
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 03 N2NESW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90S
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 30M
    Width 2M
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip :90S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 60.5
    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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner National Enterprises N Dakota,Owner
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Phillip Eichhorst Washburn,N D , Leasor
    Home office North Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRUNWALD ROSS R GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GALENA M

  • Deposit

    ISTRICT BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA PH D THESIS SOUTH DAKOTA SC

  • Deposit

    MINES AND TECHNOLOGY 1970 285 PP

  • Deposit

    SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES J P ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC

  • Deposit

    RTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA 1970 110

  • Deposit

    CONNOLLY,J P THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHERN BLA

  • Deposit

    S SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 15 1927 PP 102-107

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN,F C,ET AL THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH

  • Deposit

    SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 7 1937 P 96

  • Deposit

    U S BUMINES STAFF REGION = BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS SOUTH D

  • Deposit

    PART I: BUMINES IC 7688 1954 P31

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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