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Kicking Horse Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055578
MRDS ID SD02166
Record type Site
Current site name Kicking Horse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.78475, 44.38329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 8 MI SOUTHEAST OF SPEARFISH, 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

Spearfish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(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 005N 003E 20 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2, NEAR HEAD OF BLACKTAIL GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.78475, 44.38329
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Sw Fault With Nw Side Up Cut Basal Quartzite At The End Of The Crosscut

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Above The Basal Quartzite In Northeast-Trending 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 Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Christian Godfrey

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF $100,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER BEFORE ITS SHUTDOWN IN 1916 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTHWEST DRIFT AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS, 44 AC

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 ORE SHOOTS

Reporter information

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

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