Mine detail: Columbia Mine

Previously called 'Maiden Mine'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.89829, -103.4175
dep_id: 10011980
mrds_id: D007199
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
gangue: Ankerite, Chalcopyrite, Graphite, Hornblende, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
tectonic: Southern Black Hills
disc_yr: 1876
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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