The Merritt No. 1 Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.33139, -103.63889
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Merritt No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Merritt No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Merritt No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Double Rainbow Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Galena 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: Dewolfe Barton
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Varying Stages Of Oxidation. Higher In Sulfides Than Other Mines In The Area
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): HIGH IN SULFIDES
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 , THROUGH CENTER OF SECTION ON THE SE SIDE OF BEAR BUTTE CREEK VALLEY.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF $7000 IN SILVER IS REPORTED FROM MERRITT NO. 1
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE = N TO N 80 DEG E
Comment (Workings): MERRITT NO. 1 CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF SHORT TUNNELS. MERRITT NO. 2 IS MORE EXTENSIVE EXTENDING 450 FEET UNDER ROCK HILL AND CUSTER CLAIMS.
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.
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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