The Maloney Blue Lead Mine is a copper mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,171 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,171 Feet (1,576 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 43.96667, -103.45222
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Maloney Blue Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maloney Blue Lead Mine
Secondary: Blue Lead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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
Owner Name: American Mining And Smelting, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): E 1/2 , NW 1/4
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Comment (Deposit): DIP = 60 - 70 NE
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND A 1610 FT. ADIT INTERSECTED SHEAR ZONE 1400 FT. FROM PORTAL AND 300 FT. FROM SURFACE
References
Reference (Production): MULLEN, D. H., AND AGNEW, A. F., 1961 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1960 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 8 { BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1965 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11 { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 . { US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, G., 1965 , MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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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