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Cora Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055483
MRDS ID SD02036
Record type Site
Current site name Cora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64474, 44.32607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position .75 MI. SOUTH OF GALENA, 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

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)

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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 004E 09 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.64474, 44.32607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Dip Is To The Northeast

Ore body information

  • Dip 24 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Trending Vertical Fractures; Lower Contact Ore Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SIXTH MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT BEFORE 1904 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DRIFTS TO THE SOUTHEAST
  • LENGTH OF TUNNEL CUT INTO LEXINGTON HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOWER CONTACT ORE ZONE OF THE DEADWOOD FORMATION THAT DIPS 24 DEG SOUTHEAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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