Susa Fractional Claim

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104218
MRDS ID SD02124
Record type Site
Current site name Susa Fractional Claim
Alternate or previous names Frerichs Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.72835, 44.35913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position JUST SOUTH OF DEADWOOD, 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

Deadwood South(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 003E 26,35 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • IN WHISTLER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Porphyry Intrusion
    Rock description Porphyry Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.72835, 44.35913

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is In A Brecciated Zone, At Contact Between Intrusion And Country Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D. A. Frerichs

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS AND DRIFTING ON THE 30-93-, AND 200-FOOT LEVELS. THE UPPER DRIFT CONNECTS THE TWO OPEN CUTS. THE 93-FOOT, LEVEL IS CONNECTED TO THE SURFACE AT THE GROUND LEVEL OF THE MILL, AND NOW FORMS THE MAIN HAULAGEWAY.

Comments on development

  • 350 ACRES IN WHISTLER GULCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. 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 DEPOSITS ARE IN BRECCIATED ZONE AT CONTACT OF SCHIST AND INTRUSION

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.