Fannie 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055523
MRDS ID SD02089
Record type Site
Current site name Fannie Mine
Alternate or previous names Maggie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80641, 44.33107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
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 06 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 ; ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN FANTAIL AND STEWART GULCHES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80641, 44.33107

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Above Basal Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby Basin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Reward Gold Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80.77M

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 FOUR ORE BODIES PRESENT, DISPLACED AS MUCH AS 40 FEET VERTICALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THE PORPHYRY INTRUSION. ORE BODY IS CONTINUOUS WITH THAT IN THE BONANZA AND LITTLE BONANZA MINES TO THE NORTH AND THE SUNDANCE MINE TO THE SOUTH.

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.