The Monarch Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.34389, -103.69667
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Two Bit (Whitewood) 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Black Hills Mining Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
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
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
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): NORTH EDGE OF SEC. 1 EXTENDING INTO SECS. 35 AND 36 . SEC. 1 IS NOT IN THE NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS INFERRED
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS, 56 AC
Comment (Geology): THE DEADWOOD FORMATION DIPS GENTLY TO THE EAST.
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. ADIT AND A 125 FT. SINGLE COMPARTMENT SHAFT, UP TO 3000 FT. OF DRIFTING AND CROSS-CUTTING
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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