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Horseshoe - Comet Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055516
MRDS ID SD02079
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe - Comet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63807, 44.32802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 0.5 MILE 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

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 , NEAR THE CENTER OF THE NORTH EDGE 150 FEET ABOVE BEAR BUTTE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRECCIATED PYRITE IN SOME SECTIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Less Oxidized Than Other Mines In The Area

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Sills
    Rock description Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.63807, 44.32802
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lower Ore Horizon. Displacement By A Series Of Intrusive Sills

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 workings information

  • WORKINGS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER A VERTICAL RANGE OF NEARLY 100 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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