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Mogul 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055457
MRDS ID SD02009
Record type Site
Current site name Mogul Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Mogul Mine, Welcome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.8153, 44.32607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position ON TERRY PEAK, 3 MI. SOUTHWEST OF LEAD, 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)

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 12 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN EDGE OF THE NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomite Beds Replaced Outward From The Fractures

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Porphyry Dike
    Rock description Porphyry Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.8153, 44.32607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Black Hills
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault - Maximum 100 Ft. Throw

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 90
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Mineralized Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bald Mountain Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 92.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

  • Production

    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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTHERN CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO ORE SHOOT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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