Mine detail: Hawkeye-Pluma Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.36135, -103.75696

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: CHANNEL FILL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Associated rock:Sill Of Rhyolite Porphyry
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Conglomerate Cemented With Pyrite, And Weathers To Iron Oxide In Parts Of The Mine.

References

MRDSSD02120
DEP10055545
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .}{Deposit:: SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. 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.}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.