The Sundance Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.32528, -103.81028
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Sundance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sundance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Ruby Basin District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Golden Reward Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: LOCAL BLANKET DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Ore
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED ABOUT 10 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 , IN STEWART GULCH
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS EASTWARD FROM THE SHAFT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY IS A SOUTHWARD EXTENSION OF THE WEST SHOOT OF THE FANNIE MINE
References
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 (Deposit): SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC & TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOG
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
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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