1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Big Hit Group

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095918
MRDS ID SD02502
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hit Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.41084, 43.88329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHEAST 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;16 S2 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • 2 OF THE CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDE ORE ON THE 200 FOOT LEVEL RANGES $7 TO $10 A TON BUT SELECTED SAMPLES FROM THE DUMPS ASSAYED ONLY $3 TO $4.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.41084, 43.88329
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 200 FOOT SHAFT HAS 2 LEVELS THE 200 FOOT LEVEL IS 300 FEET LONG AND CUTS THE SULFIDE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 97-98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS, SIZE AND EXTENT OF VEIN IS NOT KNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site