Mine detail: Rough Rider

Previously called 'Roosevelt GroupRough Rider Gold Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.80533, -103.72499

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Sylvanite
Gangue:	Quartz, Tetradymite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	none known.

Geology

Host rock:	Schist
Host type:	Schist

References

MRDS	D004772
DEP	10010796
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A., Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)