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Gold King Mine

Past Producer in Pennington 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104243
MRDS ID SD02231
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King Mine
Alternate or previous names Gordelia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.69863, 44.1294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ON SILVER CREEK, 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCHFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 003E 13 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Cummingtonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.69863, 44.1294
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION SIMILAR TO THAT IN THE STANDBY MINE AND OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE SO-CALLED HORNBLENDE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold King Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 339g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS & TRENCHES. DRIFTING & CROSSCUTTING ON 4 SHAFTS: 50, 85, 100 AND 185 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • 19 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 348 ACRES. GOLD KING IS A SUBSIDIARY OF BLACK HILLS DEVELOPMENT & FINANCIAL COMPANY ; ECON.COM: 10 STAMP AMALGAMATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 768

  • Production

    U.S. 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-OCT-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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