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Cuyahoga Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Tin
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011978
MRDS ID D007197
Record type Site
Current site name Cuyahoga Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.42417, 43.85024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position LIES ASTRIDE THE CUSTER - PENNINGTON COUNTY LINE ON THE SOUTHEAST FLANK OF IRON MOUNTAIN.

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)

Black Elk Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer
United States South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 20,21,28,29 NE (29) South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • MAP SHOWS THE MINE IN THE CENTER OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Mica Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.42417, 43.85024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 45 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Graphitic Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

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.
    Home office Cleveland, Oh.

Comments on the production information

  • PYRITE WAS MINED AND SHIPPED TO CLEVELAND, OHIO IN 1916.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1,000 FOOT EXPLORATORY TUNNEL DRIVEN NW ACROSS THE STRIKE OF THE BEDS, A SHORT DRIFT FROM THE 100 FOOT LEVEL AND A STATION AT THE 200 FOOT LEVEL. PYRITE WAS MINED FROM THE GRAPHITIC ZONE

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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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