Mine detail: Maloney Blue Lead Mine

Previously called 'Blue Lead Mine'

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.96663, -103.45278
dep_id: 10055462
mrds_id: SD02014
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Tenorite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Graphitic And Quartzitic Slates
hrock_type: Slate
disc_yr: 1875
discr: Newton - Jenny Survey
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, G., 1965 , MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
  • Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
  • Production:: MULLEN, D. H., AND AGNEW, A. F., 1961 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1960 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 8 { BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1965 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11 { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 . { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.