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Branch Mint Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055485
MRDS ID SD02038
Record type Site
Current site name Branch Mint Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63224, 44.33552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position .5 MI. EAST 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 03 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Thoroughly Oxidized. The Quartzite Below The Ore Is Heavily Impregnated With Manganese And Iron Oxides.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fractures

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Branch Mint Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OF THE RICHER SMALL SILVER PRODUCERS IN THE EARLY 1800'S

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS OF DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 200 CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 180 STAMP CYANIDE MILL, 4.8 KM OF PRIVATE RAILROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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