| Deposit ID | 10055462 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maloney Blue Lead Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Lead Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.45278, 43.96663 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1576 |
| Relative position | SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE NEAR THE CREST OF BLUE LEAD MOUNTAIN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 001S | 006E | 18 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate | ||||
| Rock unit name | Graphitic And Quartzitic Slates | ||||
| Rock description | Graphitic And Quartzitic Slates | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -103.45278, 43.96663 |
|---|
| Strike | N 25 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Newton - Jenny Survey |
| District name | Hill City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Mining And Smelting, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred L. Long Estate |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 490.73M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02014 |
ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, G., 1965 , MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
MULLEN, D. H., AND AGNEW, A. F., 1961 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1960 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 8 { BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1965 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11 { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 . { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DIP = 60 - 70 NE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1978 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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