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Oro Fino Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104228
MRDS ID SD02161
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.67279, 44.34329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1 MI. SOUTHWEST OF GALENA, 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

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 004N 004E 08 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NW 1/4 , IN STRAWBERRY GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Brecciated Schist
    Rock description Brecciated Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilt Edge Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Leslie Sansom

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE NOW FILLED WITH WATER TO WITHIN 60 FEET OF THE SURFACE AND INCLUDE A SHAFT CONNECTED TO TWO LARGE GLORY HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN A MASS OF BRECCIATED SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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