Mine detail: Iron Hill Mine

Previously called 'Utica Lode'

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Location: Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.39552, -103.8678
dep_id: 10055580
mrds_id: SD02169
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Vanadinite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Porphyry Intrusions
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Pahasapa Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: US 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.
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