The Pennsylvania Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.35889, -103.80111
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Pennsylvania Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pennsylvania Mine
Secondary: Golden Rule Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
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: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Calaverite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF DEADWOOD CREEK
Comment (Development): 18 CLAIMS COVERING 245.6 AC
Comment (Geology): THE PORPHYRY BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED THE FRACTURES IS TO THE EAST
Comment (Deposit): BELIEVED AN EXTENSION OF FRACTURE ZONE IN GLADIATOR (CUTTING) MINE TO THE EAST
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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