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Eva H and Silver Tongue Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104207
MRDS ID SD02088
Record type Site
Current site name Eva H and Silver Tongue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.89586, 44.37079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 2.25 MI NORTHWEST OF SAVOY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Savoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 002E 29 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.89586, 44.37079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Series Of Northeast Trending Vertical Factures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTHOUGH THE FRACTURES CONTINUE WITH DEPTH, IT WAS FOUND THAT COMMERCIAL GOLD VALUES SELDOM EXTENDED MORE THAN 50 TO 60 FEET BELOW THE PRESENT SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ragged Top District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ragged Top Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE UNDER D1 VALUED AT $12,000 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US 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-AUG-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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