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Golden Reward Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055461
MRDS ID SD02013
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Reward Mine
Alternate or previous names Double Standard Mine
Related records 10126180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80225, 44.33107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 3 KM 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 003E 06 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF OXIDIZED SILICEOUS OR REFRACTORY ORE FROM THE GOLDEN REWARD MINE { GOLD = 3.42 OZ/TON { SILVER = 3.43 OZ/TON { TELLURIUM = 21.58 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80225, 44.33107
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lower Ore Horizon; Two Sets Of Vertical Fractures, One Trends North - South And One N 30 Deg E

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Reward Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR THE GOLDEN REWARD GROUP OF MINES ; SECOND LARGEST GOLD PRODUCER IN THE BLACK HILLS. ; SECOND LARGEST GOLD PRODUCER IN THE BLACK HILLS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall width 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ON THE NORTH END AND SHALLOW DRIFTS AND STOPES ON THE SOUTH. CONNECTED TO THE STEWART MINE TO THE EAST AND BONANZA MINE TO THE WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 TWO SETS OF VERTICAL FRACTURES. ONE TRENDS NORTH - SOUTH AND THE OTHER TRENDS N 30 DEG E.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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