The Rough Rider is a silver and gold mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.80472, -103.72139
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Rough Rider MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough Rider
Secondary: Roosevelt Group
Secondary: Rough Rider Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. J. Kelly And Margaret E. Williams
Info Year: 1955
Years: 1937 -
Owner Name: Grantz Gold Mining Co. (Otto T. Grantz)
Info Year: 1955
Years: 190x -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED FOR $0.70 TO $1.75 A TON FOR MINE-RUN QUARTZ
Materials
Ore: Sylvanite
Gangue: Tetradymite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES TWO OPENCUTS, A 40 - FOOT SHAFT, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND EXTENSIVE DRIFTING ON THE 90 - FOOT LEVEL.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Location): Digitized 3 shafts (fron NW to SE) from the Berne 24k geologic map (PP-297F): -103.724421 43.805367 -103? 43' 27.9156" 43? 48' 19.3212" -103.721569 43.804823 -103? 43' 17.6484" 43? 48' 17.3628" -103.720703 43.804325 -103? 43' 14.5308" 43? 48' 15.57"
References
Reference (Deposit): Redden, J.A., Geology of the Berne Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota: USGS Professional Paper 297-F, p. 400, 402.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA-- PART 2: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, p. 91-92.
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