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Puritan Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055548
MRDS ID SD02125
Record type Site
Current site name Puritan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.70974, 44.34774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 4 MI SOUTHEAST 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

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)

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 12 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2 , AT HEADWATERS OF WEST STRAWBERRY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-LYING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lower Contact Zone

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Puritan Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Birdsall

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING AT THE ORE HORIZON

Comments on development

  • 56 AC OF CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 20-STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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