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Jenny Gulch Mine

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10055590
MRDS ID SD02182
Record type Site
Current site name Jenny Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names Yuetta Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.55279, 44.09635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 1 MILE AIRLINE NORTHEAST OF SILVER CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 005E 29,32 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF THE LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 29 AND 32, ON THE EAST SIDE OF JENNY GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Pyrite

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE OF ORE RAN 0.01 OZ. GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Slates
    Rock description Slates
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.55279, 44.09635
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jenny Gulch Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 600 FT TUNNEL, TWO INCLINED SHAFTS, 25 AND 30 FT DEEP, CROSS DRIFTS FROM 40 FT N.W. AND 20 FT S.E. AND A SHORTER DRIFT 49 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • 17 CLAIMS TOTALING 320 ACRES. COPPER INDICATED ON THE YUETTA CLAIM

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

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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