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Besse B Group

Past Producer in Pennington 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055610
MRDS ID SD02208
Record type Site
Current site name Besse B Group
Alternate or previous names Inca Fairview Group, Stevens Rockwell No. 4.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.67529, 44.07663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 - 5 MI SOUTHEAST OF ROCHFORD, 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

Rochford(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;001N 004E;004E 30,31;04,05,06 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • 5 SECTIONS IN L SHAPE (LAT., LONG. CENTER POINT)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.67529, 44.07663
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Width 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Striking N 75 Deg W And Dipping Southwest At 80 Deg

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mystic District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Inca Gold Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. T. Harrington

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 118.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • A GLORY HOLE, 263 FT MAIN ADIT WITH 285 FT OF CROSSCUTS IN THE VEIN, A 125 FT WINZE INCLINED 77 DEGREES. A LOWER 390 FT TUNNEL AS LATER DEVELOPMENT

Comments on development

  • HOLDINGS IN 1937 TOTALED 25 CLAIMS. INCA GOLD MINES, INC. PATENTED THE OLD FAIRVIEW CLAIM AND RESTAKED 12 ADJACENT CLAIMS. ; ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP MILL MOVED ONTO PROPERTY IN 1911

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO BARREN STREAKS, EACH ABOUT 6 FT WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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