Mine detail: Segregated Iron Hill Mine

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Location: Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.39996, -103.86169
dep_id: 10055522
mrds_id: SD02087
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Lead, Silver
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurred In A Porphyry Sill Along The Main Fracture.
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Pahasapa Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Porphyry Sill
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
  • Deposit:: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .
  • Deposit:: SHAPIRO, LEWIS H., AND GRIES, JOHN P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.
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