The Bald Mountain Mining Company is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.35444, -103.83472
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Bald Mountain Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bald Mountain Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Bald Mountain (Portland) 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bald Mountain Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1877
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
Type: R
Description: Black Hills
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomite Beds Replaced Outward From The Fractures
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Production): MINES OWNED BY BALD MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY COUNTED AS ONE MINE FOR PRODUCTION FIGURES. INCLUDES BALD MOUNTAIN, DAKOTA, PORTLAND, CLINTON, DECORAH AND FOLGER MINES. LOCATIONS IN SEPARATE RECORDS.
Comment (Development): 2250 AC. OF MINING CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 325 TON CYANIDE MILL AT TROJAN, SOUTH DAKOTA
References
Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
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