Mine detail: Wasp No. 2 Mine

Previously called 'Little Blue Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.32413, -103.73918

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Ore:	Gold, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1894

Geology

Structure:

Lead Dome

References

MRDS	SD02016
DEP	10055464
Reference	{Deposit:: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US 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 .}{Production:: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 . { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.