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Gold Reserve Mine

Past Producer in Custer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  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 10055699
MRDS ID SD02319
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Reserve Mine
Alternate or previous names Saginaw Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.75168, 43.83468 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 8.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Signal Hill(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 003E 34 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • INEXACT MAP LOCATION (SECTION 34 IS DIVIDED BETWEEN SIGNAL AND CUSTER QUADS)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
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) -103.75168, 43.83468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip SOUTHEAST
    Depth to top 82.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heber, S. R.

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1908 - 1919
    Material ORE AG AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^97.39 Ounces Gold, 22 Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 621.2g
    Ore Gold Gold 2750g

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 115.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 380 FT SHAFT CUT THE MAIN VEIN AT 270 FT; A 70 FT SHAFT & A SHAFT DRIFT

Comments on development

  • 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM AND 4 PATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP AMALGAMATION MILL

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 SERIES OF QUARTZ VEINS. MAIN VEIN CAN BE TRACED FOR 1500 FEET ON THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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