The Dakota Calumet Group is a copper mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 43.95222, -103.44528
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Dakota Calumet Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dakota Calumet Group
Secondary: Lillian Group
Secondary: Continental Copper Company Property
Secondary: Black Hills Copper and Milling Company Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred L. Long (Estate)
Home Office: Mrs. Bernice Long Rogerslake View, N.Y.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO THE BLUE LEAD MINE
Comment (Deposit): 12 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: A 150 TON MATTE SMELTER OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1907 TO 1910
Comment (Workings): A FEW SMALL OPEN CUTS, ONE LARGER EXCAVATION AND ONE SHAFT WITH DRIFTING CUTTING MINERALIZED ZONE AT 300 FT
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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