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Diana Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10055622
MRDS ID SD02223
Record type Site
Current site name Diana Mine
Alternate or previous names Gorman's Mine, Comstock Mine, Diana Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.57057, 44.08829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position NORTH OF RAPID CREEK AND 0.25 MI NORTHWEST 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 31 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Bindheimite Gangue
Boulangerite Gangue
Huebnerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result S.D. SCHOOL OF MINES ANALYSIS BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION. ASSAY RANDOM PIECE: GOLD 0.06 OZ, SILVER 4.00 OZ, ANTIMONY 0.50 OZ, LEAD 0.70 OZ

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) -103.57057, 44.08829
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Operator
    Owner Burke, Joseph
    Home office Silver City, Sd
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Gorman, Estate

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 515 FT OF TUNNELING; MAIN TUNNEL IS 450 FT LONG AND CROSSCUTS SCHISTOSITY OF THE COUNTRY ROCK

Comments on development

  • 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS: DIANA, MEADOWLARK, DEEP CHANNEL, MAMMOTH, CONSOLIDATED, DEPOT AND COMSTOCK TOTALING 70 AC

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

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

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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