Mine detail: Dakota Calumet Group

Previously called 'Lillian GroupContinental Copper Company PropertyBlack Hills Copper and Milling Company Property'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.95218, -103.44584
dep_id: 10011983
mrds_id: D007203
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Quartzite
tectonic: Southern Black Hills
disc_yr: 1875
discr: Newton-Jenny Survey
References:
  • U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770
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