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Lucky Strike

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055588
MRDS ID SD02180
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike
Alternate or previous names Bird Claim, Fuston Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.55529, 44.21746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 0.3 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE OLD STATION OF GREENWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nemo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Elk(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 003N 005E 18 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERING IN SE 1/4 OF SECTION 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Quartz-Hematite Conglomerate
    Rock description Quartz-Hematite Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.55529, 44.21746
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMATIONS OF PRECAMBRAIN ROCKS OF THE BLACK HILLS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Roubaix (Germania) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lucky Strike Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAND TOTAL OF 1500 FT OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING A 240 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • OVERALL AREA OF THE LUCKY STRIKE WAS 1313.5 AC OF PATENTED GROUND ; MILL.CAP: 54,750 TONS ; ECON.COM: 40-STAMP MILL CAPABLE OF HANDLING 150 TONS OF ORE PER DAY

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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