Sundance 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. 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. 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 10055551
MRDS ID SD02129
Record type Site
Current site name Sundance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.81086, 44.32524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2.75 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

  • NW 1/4 , IN STEWART GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED ABOUT 10 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.81086, 44.32524

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LOCAL BLANKET DEPOSITS
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basal Quartzite, North-South Fractures, Localized On Crest Of A Minor Undulation

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 Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS EASTWARD FROM THE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IS A SOUTHWARD EXTENSION OF THE WEST SHOOT OF THE FANNIE MINE

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