| Deposit ID | 10055465 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belle Eldridge Gold Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Helen Gould Claim, Deadwood Zinc and Lead Company |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.70474, 44.36968 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1561 |
| Relative position | 1.1 MI. EAST OF DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lawrence(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deadwood South(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Lawrence |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 005N | 003E | 25 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Sill | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Sill | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -103.70474, 44.36968 |
|---|
| Thickness | 5M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| District name | Deadwood District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Belle Eldridge Gold Mines, Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02017 |
US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .
US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AVERAGE THICKNESS WHERE MINED = 1.5 M, THE DEPOSIT IS BETWEEN A SILL AND DENSE SHALE LAYER, 2 - 5 M ABOVE THE SILL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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