Seabury-Calkins

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Manganese, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275048
MAS/MILS ID 0460810055
Record type Site
Current site name Seabury-Calkins

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.85998, 44.39776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1732
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spearfish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(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 005 N 002 E 15 NWSWNE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hausmannite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Rhodolite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.85998, 44.39776

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 90N
    Area 259HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N80W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 259
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Carbonate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lillian Fillmore
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLSMAN,P T,1940 RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING IN THE BLACK

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA: U S BUMINES BULL 427 146PP

  • Deposit

    IRVING J D EMMONS S F AND JAGGER T A 1904 ECONOMIC RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN BLACK HILLS U S GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 26 222P

  • Deposit

    SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES JOHN P 1970 ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF P

  • Deposit

    C AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS,S DAKOTA: US

  • Deposit

    RVEY HEAVY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT #14-08-0001-10650

  • Deposit

    US BUMINES 1954 BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS,S DAKOTA:PARTI: WA

  • Deposit

    US BUMINES I C 7688,123P

  • Deposit

    FREDLUND DANIEL A 1974 POTENTIAL GOLD SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    HE CARBONATE AREA BLACK HILLS S DAKOTA PREPARED FOR DAKOTA M

  • Deposit

    INC A PRIVATE REPORT 15P

  • Deposit

    GRIES JOHN PAUL 197 DEVELOPMENT OF.THE IRON HILL AREA CARBON

  • Deposit

    TRICT LAWRENCE COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT 8P

  • Deposit

    PARSONS E R,PRIVATE MINE REPORT, SEABURY MINE 1940 (IN BACKU

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATE AND GRADE FOR THIS MINE INCLUDED IN THE IRO MINE TONNAGE AND GRADE ESTIMATES, SEE MAS PROPERTY 46-08 HARD-COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Baer, Roger L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.