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Dakota Calumet Group

Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011983
MRDS ID D007203
Record type Site
Current site name Dakota Calumet Group
Alternate or previous names Lillian Group, Continental Copper Company Property, Black Hills Copper and Milling Company Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.44584, 43.95218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 0.5 MI NORTHWEST OF BOULDER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001S 006E 19 NW OF NE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO THE BLUE LEAD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.44584, 43.95218
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Newton-Jenny Survey

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred L. Long (Estate)
    Home office Mrs. Bernice Long Rogerslake View, N.Y.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.005HA
    Length 356.62M
    Overall depth 259.08M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SMALL OPEN CUTS, ONE LARGER EXCAVATION AND ONE SHAFT WITH DRIFTING CUTTING MINERALIZED ZONE AT 300 FT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A 150 TON MATTE SMELTER OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1907 TO 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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