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Burlington Lode

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055619
MRDS ID SD02219
Record type Site
Current site name Burlington Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.6089, 43.99579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 4.5 MILES NORTH OF HILL CITY IN BURNT FORK GULCH, 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

Hill City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(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 001N 004E 35 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4; BETWEEN THE PAYDAY AND CRAIN LODES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver 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) -103.6089, 43.99579
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Schist Country Rock Has A Steep Dip And Strikes N 40 W

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 75 W
    Thickness 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein Striking N 20 E, Dipping 75 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Taylor

Production statistics

  • Year 1904
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9.68 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 273.3g
  • Year 1916
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6.00 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 169.4g

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 32.61M

Comments on development

  • BURLINGTON GROUP (M.S. 1965) CONSISTED OF 6 CLAIMS TOTALLING 118 AC AND INCLUDES THE CRAIN LODE

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

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