Savage Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055524
MRDS ID SD02090
Record type Site
Current site name Savage Mine
Alternate or previous names Double Rainbow Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63751, 44.33135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 0.3 MI. SOUTHEAST 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 04 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 ; SOUTH SLOPE OF BEAR BUTTE CREEK ABOVE LOWER END OF GALENA, SOUTH DAKOTA; BETWEEN THE CUSTER AND WAR EAGLE MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.63751, 44.33135

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Deadwood Formation Dips 8 - 16 Deg. Ne Within The Mine.

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upper Contact Zone About 70 Feet Below The White Quartzite, Which Forms The Top Of The Formation, Three Sets Of Vertical Fractures - N 25 Deg. E, East - West, And S 75 - 85 Deg. E.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZITE IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE ORE ZONE IS HEAVILY CEMENTED WITH MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES.

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-Operator
    Owner Dewolfe Barton

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE WAS BARELY MORE THAN A LEAD-SILVER PROSPECT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SMALL DRIFTS TRENDING NE FROM THE OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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 STRIKE = N 25 E, EAST - WEST, S 75 - 85 E

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.

External references