Mine detail: Montezuma Mine

Previously called 'Red JimMontezuma Nos. 3 To 7New Montezuma'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.13274, -103.72501
dep_id: 10055597
mrds_id: SD02190
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Ankerite, Biotite, Chlorite, Cummingtonite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Schist
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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