Cuttysark Mine

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055612
MRDS ID SD02210
Record type Site
Current site name Cuttysark Mine
Alternate or previous names Basin Nos. 1 and 2, Blue Talc Mines, Teddy, Teddy Nos. 1 and 2.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.6389, 44.08635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTH OF CASTLE CREEK AND 1 MILE FROM MYSTIC, 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 004E 33 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.6389, 44.08635

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGY OR MINERALOGY LISTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Owner
    Owner Ellis Barker

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT SHAFT SUNK BY 1895

Comments on development

  • MANY EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY ; ECON.COM: 10 STAMP MILL MOVED IN 1911 TO THE INCA FAIRVIEW MINE

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.

External references