The Belle Eldridge Gold Mines is a gold, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,121 Feet (1,561 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.36972, -103.70417
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Belle Eldridge Gold Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belle Eldridge Gold Mines
Secondary: Helen Gould Claim
Secondary: Deadwood Zinc and Lead Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Deadwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Belle Eldridge Gold Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Production): 10 CARLOADS OF CONCENTRATES OF LEAD, ZINC, GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Development): YEAR OF DISCOVERY OF LEAD AND ZINC. GOLD AND SILVER WERE PRODUCED BEFORE THAT TIME. 72 HA, 31 MINERAL CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE THICKNESS WHERE MINED = 1.5 M, THE DEPOSIT IS BETWEEN A SILL AND DENSE SHALE LAYER, 2 - 5 M ABOVE THE SILL.
References
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US 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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