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Bion Mine

Occurrence in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055492
MRDS ID SD02046
Record type Site
Current site name Bion Mine
Alternate or previous names Chico Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.65224, 44.3194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.25 MI SOUTHWEST OF GALENA, SOUTH DAKOTA

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 004N 004E 09 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.65224, 44.3194
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 - 6 M ABOVE THE PRECAMBRIAN SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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