The Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,281 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,281 Feet (1,305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.41222, -103.69278
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Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co.
Secondary: New Era Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Black Hills 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 22 HA EXTENDING FOR 1.6 KM ALONG THE CREEK ; ECON.COM: PROCESSING PLANT, 163 MET TON DREDGE, BOAT WITH 36 - 2M HUMPHREY SPIRAL CLASSIFIERS
Comment (Deposit): RECOVERY OF PLACER AU AND HG FROM OLD MILL WASTES
References
Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R. B., KOCK, C. A., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1966 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1964 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 12
Reference (Deposit): WEST, J. M., 1973 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1971 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 18
Reference (Deposit): AASE, J. H., AND STEECE, F. V., 1978 , MINERALS IN THE ECONOMY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 23
Reference (Production): 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
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