Spokane Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. 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 10010798
MRDS ID D004776
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.37723, 43.83996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1388
Relative position 4.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 26 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Anglesite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vanadinite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO CARLOADS WERE ASSAYED AT $23.00 A TON IN 1898.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granite, Pegmatite
    Rock description Granite, Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Graphitic Schist And Slates
    Rock description Graphitic Schist And Slates

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.37723, 43.83996

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70 N
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 220.37M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER AND GOLD ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GALENA, SOME GOLD IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Iron Mountain Development Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN ORE SHOOT IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND DRIFTS AT THE 60, 100, 200, AND 300 FOOT LEVELS. A SECOND SHOOT IS DEVELOPED BY A 41 FOOT RAISE AND A 50 FOOT WINCE. THE THIRD SHOOT IS UNDEVELOPED.

Comments on development

  • SPOKANE GROUP IS 15 CLAIMS COVERING 100 ACRES IN SECS. 26, 27 AND 35.

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

  • Deposit

    FUERSTENAU, R.K., 1954, THE GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF THE SPOKANE MINING AREA, B.S. THESIS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

  • Production

    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 THREE ORE SHOOTS ARE PRESENT ALONG THE FISSURE VEIN WHICH IS CONFORMABLE WITH THE ENCLOSING SCHIST, EXCEPT WHERE IT CUTS A SMALL PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references