The Columbia Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.89833, -103.41694
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Columbia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbia Mine
Secondary: Maiden Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
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
Analytical Data: IN PLACES CONTAINS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS A TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1927 IT WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE HOLY TERROR, BULLION AND KEYSTONE MINES.
Comment (Workings): ALSO 150 AND 200 FOOT SHAFTS. DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN NORTH AND SOUTH OFF THE 1300 FOOT LEVEL
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO BULLION MINE ON THE SE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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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