The Slavonian Mine is a sulfur-pyrite mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Sulfur-Pyrite
Lat, Long: 44.35417, -103.74444
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Slavonian Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slavonian Mine
Secondary: Glover Mine
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 ; ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GOLD RUN
Comment (Commodity): THIS PYRITIC BED, WHICH LOCALLY BEARS THE NAME OF THE IRON DIKE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED FOR COPPER BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS BED LOCALLY KNOWN AS IRON DIKE, QUARTZ - PYRITE REPLACEMENT IN A BLACK GRAPHITIC SLATE MEMBER
Comment (Geology): SAME ZONE AS MONTEZUMA AND WHIZZERS AND THE OLAF SEIM MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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