Bald Mountain Mine Wharf Mine

Plant in Lawrence 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274878
MRDS ID SD02001
MAS/MILS ID 0460810076
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Mountain Mine Wharf Mine
Alternate or previous names Bald Mountain Mining Co Mine, Bald Mountain Mining Co., Portland Mining Co., Trojan Mining Co., Annie Creek, Wharf Mine Property
Related records 10299352

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.83278, 44.35466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead(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 005 N 002 E 35 NWNESW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.83278, 44.35466

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Black Hills District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wharf Resources Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bald Mountain Partners

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS IS THE EMVIRONMENTAL DATA SET FOR THE WHARF MINE ALSO CALLED AT ONE TIME THE BALD MOUNTAIN MINE OR THE BALD MOUNTAIN MINING CO. MINE SEE MAS FILE WHARF MINE SEQ # 0460810276 FOR CURRENT (AS OF 1997) MINING DETAILS. FIVE PAGES OF DETAILED CHEMICAL ANALYSES AND EXPLANATIONS WERE ATTACHED TO WORKSHEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES IC 7688, 1954, REG. V1, P4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.

External references