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Montana 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10055583
MRDS ID SD02173
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.74446, 44.1594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 1.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF NAHANT, 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

Minnesota Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(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 002N 003E 03 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4 ON THE MAP. (ONE SOURCE, HOWEVER, PLACES IT IN SEC. 2 - WEST EDGE)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Cummingtonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Quartz-Cummingtonite Schist
    Rock description Quartz-Cummingtonite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.74446, 44.1594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strongly Folded Rocks With General Strike N 20 Deg W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Francis C. Lincoln
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. R. A. Vallier Of Deadwood, South Dakota

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1906 AT WHICH TIME THE GREGORY MINING COMPANY OWNED THE MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 150.88M
    Overall depth 30.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 6 BY 8, 101 FT SHAFT; 495 FT ADIT AT N 15 W TO THE BASE OF THE SHAFT; 444 FT OF LATERAL DRIFTING ON THE 100 FT LEVEL; 25 FT OF DRIFTING ON THE 60 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 193.82 AC ; ECON.COM: 20 - TON MILL ON RAPID CREEK (0.5 MI SOUTH OF NAHANT)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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