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War Eagle 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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055565
MRDS ID SD02148
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Double Rainbow Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63807, 44.3294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 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 04,09 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SECTION 9 AND SE 1/4 OF SECTION 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized To Soft Yellow-Brown Material And Lies On Heavily Manganese Stained Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.63807, 44.3294
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deadwood Formation Dips 10 Deg Ne

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In The Upper Ore Horizon, Three Sets Of Vertical Fractures

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTS OF A MAIN DRIFT EXTENDING EAST INTO THE HILLSIDE, WITH TWO SMALL CROSS DRIFTS TRENDING NE-SW WHERE THE MAIN ADIT CUT MINERALIZED CROSS JOINTS. TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN ADIT IS A SHORT DRIFT AND CROSS DRIFT NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 SETS OF VERTICAL FRACTURES, N 25 DEG E, E - W, S 70 DEG 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.

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