Mine detail: Rough Rider

Previously called 'Roosevelt GroupRough Rider Gold Mine'

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Location: Custer County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.80533, -103.72499
dep_id: 10010796
mrds_id: D004772
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sylvanite
gangue: Quartz, Tetradymite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A., Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)
hrock_unit: Schist
hrock_type: Schist
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
prod_yrs: none known.
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA-- PART 2: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, p. 91-92.
  • Deposit:: Redden, J.A., Geology of the Berne Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota: USGS Professional Paper 297-F, p. 400, 402.
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