The Hawkeye-Pluma Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.36139, -103.75639
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Hawkeye-Pluma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hawkeye-Pluma Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Form: CHANNEL FILL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Conglomerate Cemented With Pyrite, And Weathers To Iron Oxide In Parts Of The Mine.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.5 OZ OF AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 , SOUTH OF GENTLE ANNIE MINE
Comment (Workings): STOPING FROM FOUR DRIFTS DRIVEN WEST FROM POINTS ALONG THE HILLSIDE, COMING IN UNDER THE ORE BODY. ONE SHAFT EXTENDED FROM THE SURFACE TO INTERSECT THE ORE.
Comment (Geology): ORE BODY FILLS AN OLD CHANNEL ON THE PRECAMBRIAN SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): GOLD VALUES CONFINED TO BOTTOM FEW FEET. DEPOSIT IS ON A RIDGE JUST EAST OF THE HOMESTAKE OPEN CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. 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): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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