Cochrane Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251538
MAS/MILS ID 0461030109
Record type Site
Current site name Cochrane Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.73247, 44.09996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(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 Pennington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Metabasalt

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Naneco Minerals
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, STAFF, REG V., IC7688, 1954, P108.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, N 47, NOV., 20, 1996, P6.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 108, #4, JAN., 22, 1997, P3.

  • Deposit

    NANECO MINERALS LTD. NEWS RELEASE, 9-22-97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COULD BE THE COCHRANE EXPLORATION PROPERTY AS DESCRIDED IN THE NOV., 20, 1996 THE MINING RECORD ARTICAL, P6. 11-96: PHASE-ONE DRILLING ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT AU MINERAL- IZATION. IN ALL OF THE MINERALIZED ZONES FREE GOLD IS PRESENT. 9-97: NANECO COMPLETED 12 CORE HOLES WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THE GEOLOGIC RESOURCE: THE CURRENT 270,000 OZ AU RESOURCE ESTIMATE CONSISTS OF 68,000 OZ OF DRILL INDICATED AND 200,000 OZ OF INFERRED RESOURCES GRADING 6.3 G/MT. THE DEPOSIT IS OPEN IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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