Mine detail: Buckeye & Lena Group

Previously called 'Union Hill Group Gopher Group'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.97496, -103.59279
dep_id: 10011989
mrds_id: D007212
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Silver
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Quartz Stringers In Fractures In Schist, Slate & Quartzite
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Schist
tectonic: Southern Black Hills
disc_yr: 1899
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770
  • Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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