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Dark Horse and General Grant

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104210
MRDS ID SD02097
Record type Site
Current site name Dark Horse and General Grant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.82364, 44.33913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position SOUTHWEST SIDE OF BALD MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 002E 01 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.82364, 44.33913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Was From The Lower Ore Horizon Of The Deadwood Formation. North-South Vertical Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby Basin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bald Mountain Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS BY EXTENSIVE DRIFTING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH VERTICALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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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