Mine detail: Wasp No. 2 Mine

Previously called 'Little Blue Mine'

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Location: Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.32413, -103.73918
dep_id: 10055464
mrds_id: SD02016
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractures; Basal Quartzite
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
Structure: Lead Dome
Year first produced: 1894
References:
  • 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 .
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