Mine detail: Standby Mine

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.12024, -103.70946
dep_id: 10055609
mrds_id: SD02206
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
gangue: Aragonite, Chlorite, Cummingtonite, Quartz, Stilpnomelane
alteration: Oxidized And Unoxidized Ore
ore_ctrl: In A Syncline Whose Axial Plane Strikes S 35 E And Plunges 65 To 70 E.
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Cummingtonite 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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