The Cuyahoga Mine is a sulfur-pyrite mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Sulfur-Pyrite
Lat, Long: 43.85028, -103.42361
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Cuyahoga Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuyahoga Mine
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Tin
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Iron Mountain Development Co.
Home Office: Cleveland, Oh.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
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
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Location): MAP SHOWS THE MINE IN THE CENTER OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 29
Comment (Production): PYRITE WAS MINED AND SHIPPED TO CLEVELAND, OHIO IN 1916.
Comment (Workings): A 1,000 FOOT EXPLORATORY TUNNEL DRIVEN NW ACROSS THE STRIKE OF THE BEDS, A SHORT DRIFT FROM THE 100 FOOT LEVEL AND A STATION AT THE 200 FOOT LEVEL. PYRITE WAS MINED FROM THE GRAPHITIC ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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