Mine detail: Bald Mountain Mining Company

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Location: Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.3544, -103.8353
dep_id: 10055449
mrds_id: SD02001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
alteration: Dolomite Beds Replaced Outward From The Fractures
ore_ctrl: Vertical Mineralized Fractures. Produces From Both Upper And Lower Ore Horizons. Produces From Both Upper And Lower Ore Horizons
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
Structure: Black Hills
tectonic: Dome
disc_yr: 1877
References:
  • Deposit:: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16
  • Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
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