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Bismark-Ida Florence Groups

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110042
MRDS ID SD02510
Record type Site
Current site name Bismark-Ida Florence Groups

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.43, 43.90552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MILE NORTHWEST OF KEYSTONE, 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

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(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 002S 006E 05 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • LIES BETWEEN THE EGYPTIAN AND JUNIPER PROPERTIES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.43, 43.90552
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Diorite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mines Finance And Development Shares, Inc.
    First year 1936

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 97

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • BISMARK VEIN, CROSS CUTS AT THE 100-, 200-, 300-, AND 400- FOOT LEVELS. IDA FLORENCE HAS A 300-FOOT SHAFT, 2,000 FEET OF DRIFTS ON THE 45-, 85-, 115-, 200- AND 300-FOOT LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 96-97.

  • Deposit

    SDSMT BULL 18

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 95 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 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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