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Ruby Belle Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055510
MRDS ID SD02071
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Belle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80197, 44.32496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHWEST 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 004N 003E 07 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF WHITETAIL CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Sugarloaf Sill;Phonolite Dike
    Rock description Sugarloaf Sill;Phonolite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80197, 44.32496
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Just Above The Basal Quartzite, Two Are Shoots Diverging Toward The South

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE EASTERN SHOOT PROVED TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN OR #1 UNION SHOOT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1894

Mining district

District name Ruby Basin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Reward Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. YEARS 1894 - 1899

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS - ONE SOUTHEAST AND ONE SOUTHWEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE SHOOT JUST EAST OF NORTH (LOCATED WEST OF MAIN SHAFT), SECOND SHOOT EAST OF THE FIRST, TRENDS JUST WEST OF NORTH AND IS AN EXTENSION OF THE UNION NO. ONE SHOOT. BETWEEN THE TWO SHOOTS ARE THREE PARALLEL SMALLER SHOOTS TRENDING N-S. THE TWO WESTERLY OF THESE ARE BOUNDED BY A PHONOLITE DIKE.

Reporter information

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

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