Holy Terror Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055455
MRDS ID SD02007
Record type Site
Current site name Holy Terror Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.42112, 43.89746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position AT KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 05 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCE QUESTIONABLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.42112, 43.89746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Length 305M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEE RECORD 'KEYSTONE MINE'

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on development

  • SIX PATENTED CLAIMS, NINE LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 .

  • Production

    US 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 THE VEIN IS A FEW CM TO 0.91 M IN THE UPPER LEVELS AND FROM 0.91 M TO 1.83 M IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ABOUT 30 M LONG AT THE SURFACE, BUT LENGTHENED TO MORE THAN 305 M ON THE 152 M LEVEL. GRADE OF ORE DECREASED AS VEIN THICKENED.; DIP = 70 - 80 NE ; DIP = 70 - 80 NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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