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Luck Boy Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055675
MRDS ID SD02287
Record type Site
Current site name Luck Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.41723, 43.89607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position AT THE EAST EDGE OF KEYSTONE, 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

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(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 002S 006E 09 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4 JUST SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

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) -103.41723, 43.89607
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • THE ONLY PRODUCTION RECORDED WAS A CAR LOAD OF ORE AT $4.80 A TON WITH GOLD AT $20.67 AN OUNCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND ADIT AT THE 100 FT LEVEL. CROSSCUTS AT 100 (WITH SHORT DRIFTS), 200 FT (WITH A SHOOT 7 BY 70 FT) AND 300 FT (WITH A SHOOT 10 BY 100 FT)

Comments on development

  • A PATENTED FRACTIONAL CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY AN EXTENSION OF THE KEYSTONE SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 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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