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Iron Hill

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
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  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275062
MAS/MILS ID 0460810054
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hill
Alternate or previous names Richmond Hill Manganese, Utica Claim, Richmond Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.86028, 44.39776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1732
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

Spearfish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(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 005 N 002 E 15 E2SENW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hausmannite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Rhodolite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.86028, 44.39776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 90M
    Length 610M
    Width 15M
    Area 259HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N80W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 259
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Carbonate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lillian Fillmore
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings SEALED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLSMAN,P T 1940 RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING DISTRICTS IN

  • Deposit

    CK HILLS, S DAKOTA U S BUMINES BULL 427 146P

  • Deposit

    IRVING,J P,EMMONS,SF AND JAGGER,TA 1904,ECONOMIC RESOURCES O

  • Deposit

    ORTHERN BLACK HILLS U S GEOL SURV PROF PAPER 26 222P

  • Deposit

    SHAPIRO,L H AND GRIES J P 1970 ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALE

  • Deposit

    ND TERTIARY AGE OF.THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS,S DAKOTA US GEOL

  • Deposit

    EAVEY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT # 14-08-0001-10650

  • Deposit

    U S BUMINES 1954,BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S DAKOTA: PART I:

  • Deposit

    TON D C U S BUMINES I C 7688 123P

  • Deposit

    FREDLUND DANIEL A 1974 POTENTIAL GOLD SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    HE CARBONATE AREA BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA,A PRIVATE REPORT

  • Deposit

    D FOR DAKOTA MINERALS INC 15 P

  • Deposit

    GRIES JOHN P 197 DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON HILL AREA CARBONAT

  • Deposit

    ICT LAWRENCE COUNTY S DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT 8 P

  • Deposit

    EWOLDT & WATKINS, REPT ON THE SEABURY-CALKINS & IRON HILLS M

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-84 Baer, Roger L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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