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Spanish R 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104208
MRDS ID SD02091
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish R Mine
Alternate or previous names Richmond Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.86864, 44.39718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1625
Relative position 3.5 MI WEST OF MAITLAND, 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

Spearfish(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 15 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 ; ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE CARBONATE DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Thoroughly Oxidized Red Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Porphyry Intrusions
    Rock description Porphyry Intrusions
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pahasapa Limestone
    Rock description Pahasapa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.86864, 44.39718
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fractures At Contact Of Limestone And Intrusions

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carbonate District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carbonate Consolidated Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $50,000 IN GOLD BEFORE 1904

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 129.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT DRIFTS, AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND TEST PITS; ALL INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOES NOT LIE UPON THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE MAIN EAST - WEST VERTICAL UPON WHICH THE IRON HILL, SEABURY - CALKINS, AND OTHER MINES ARE LOCATED

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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