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Ruby Ridge Prospect

Prospect in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275052
MAS/MILS ID 0460810072
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Ridge Prospect
Alternate or previous names Anchor Hill Mines, Gilt Edge Mine - 0460810142

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.68727, 44.33606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.68727, 44.33606
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • 12-96: A DRILLING PROGRAM LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION AT THE NEARBY RUBY RIDGE PROSPECT.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dakota Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 6-96: ANCHOR HILL CONTAINS PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES EQUI- VALENT TO AN ESTIMATED 243,000 OZ. GOLD. PRODUCTION FOR 1996 IS PROJECTED AT 30,000 OZ. GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MUKHERJEE, N, 1968, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    PHD THESIS: MINING RECORD, "CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVED

  • Deposit

    FOR ANCHOR HILL", VOL., 103, #30, JULY 26, 1995, P17.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #50, DEC., 11, 1996, P3.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-24-96, P.14.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 12-23-96, P.10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE PROPERTY FILE GILT EDGE MINE - 0460810142 FOR DETAILS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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