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Clinton Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055451
MRDS ID SD02003
Record type Site
Current site name Clinton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.84058, 44.34052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position LOCATED AT TROJAN, 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

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 004N 002E 02 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brown Or Oxidized Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.84058, 44.34052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE 1/4
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fracture That Trends Ne, Lower Ore Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Bald Mountain (Portland) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bald Mountain Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS = 1902 - 1906 AND 1914 - 1915

Comments on the workings information

  • A DRIFT DRIVEN FROM THE ALASKA - AJAX CLAIMS FOLLOWS THE LOWER ORE ZONE AND EXTENDS UNDER THE UPPER HORIZON MINES. WORKINGS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PORTLAND MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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 REPLACEMENT IN 3 FT. DOLOMITE BED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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