The Golden Crest Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,518 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.33139, -103.64861
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Golden Crest Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Crest Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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: Commonwealth Gold, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast Side Is Uplifted Apparently As A Result Of Igneous Intrusion
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 , ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN TURBIT CREEK AND STRAWBERRY GULCH
Comment (Deposit): WIDTH VARIES FROM 8 TO 50 FT
Comment (Production): $100,000 IN GOLD, NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1906
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 300-TON CYANIDE MILL
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND STOPING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE SHEAR ZONE ON THE 80-, 125-, AND 180-FOOT LEVELS. IRREGULAR DRIFTING HAS BEEN DONE AT THE DEADWOOD CONTACTS, AND EXPLORATORY DRIFTING AT THE 300-FOOT LEVEL AN IRREGULAR COURSE. SHAFT PENETRATED 200 FT PORPHYRY; A FEW FT OF QUARTZITE (DEADWOOD) & THEN PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST. OVER 4,500 FT OF DRIFTING HAS BEEN DONE.
References
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, LEWIS H., AND GRIES,JOHN P., 1979 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.
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