The Joe Dollar Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,839 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,839 Feet (1,475 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.94667, -103.48889
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Joe Dollar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Joe Dollar Mine
Secondary: Halcyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A QUARTZ VEIN AND A FAULTED SHEAR ZONE. THE SHEAR ZONE WAS FOLLOWED FOR 300 FT.
Comment (Workings): EXCEPT FOR 2 SHAFTS, 40 AND 32 FEET DEEP, ALL EXPLORING HAS BEEN DONE BY TUNNELING. A 2350 FOOT ADIT WITH 700 FEET OF CROSSCUTTING.
Comment (Development): 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP MILL
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SW 1/4 (ALMOST IN THE CENTER OF SECTION 23)
References
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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