Gladiator Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055502
MRDS ID SD02060
Record type Site
Current site name Gladiator Mine
Alternate or previous names Cutting Claim, Kangaroo Claim, Winnie F. Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.79086, 44.35857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 2 MI. NORTHWEST 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 005N 003E 29,30,31,32 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Silicification Of Fault Breccia Preceded The Introduction Of Ore Minerals

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.79086, 44.35857

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone - Trends N 75 Deg E Through The Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • KANGAROO CLAIM - OLD DRIFT THAT TRENDS S 10 DEG W { WINNIE F. CLAIM - 500 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 200 FT., 350 FT., AND 500 FT. ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE FOR 2600 FT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 50 TON OIL FLOTATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

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.