The Double Rainbow Mine is a silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.33611, -103.63139
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Double Rainbow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Double Rainbow Mine
Secondary: Richmond - Sitting Bull
Secondary: Tiger Tail
Secondary: Silver Terra
Secondary: Grand View
Secondary: Gulch Claims
Commodity
Primary: 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: Double Rainbow Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
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
Form: VUGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Badly Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 28 CLAIMS COVERING 290 AC ; ECON.COM: IN 1930 - 31 , A 150 TON FLOTATION MILL WAS BUILT, BUT WAS DISMANTLED IN 1945 .
Comment (Workings): WIDTH RUNS EAST - WEST, LENGTH RUNS NORTH - SOUTH, RICHMOND - SITTING BULL CLAIM IS 1400 FT BY 1000 FT. THE DIMENSIONS ABOVE ARE FOR THE DOUBLE RAINBOW PART OF THE AREA MINES AND UNDERLIES PARTS OF THE RICHMOND - SITTING BULL, TIGER TAIL, SILVER TERRA, GRAND VIEW AND GULCH 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): 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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