The Ruby Belle Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.325, -103.80139
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Ruby Belle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Belle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Ruby Basin District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Golden Reward Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Ore
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF WHITETAIL CREEK.
Comment (Production): PROD. YEARS 1894 - 1899
Comment (Deposit): ONE SHOOT JUST EAST OF NORTH (LOCATED WEST OF MAIN SHAFT), SECOND SHOOT EAST OF THE FIRST, TRENDS JUST WEST OF NORTH AND IS AN EXTENSION OF THE UNION NO. ONE SHOOT. BETWEEN THE TWO SHOOTS ARE THREE PARALLEL SMALLER SHOOTS TRENDING N-S. THE TWO WESTERLY OF THESE ARE BOUNDED BY A PHONOLITE DIKE.
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS - ONE SOUTHEAST AND ONE SOUTHWEST
Comment (Geology): THE EASTERN SHOOT PROVED TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN OR #1 UNION SHOOT.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, LEWIS H., AND GRIES, JOHN P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.
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