The Lucky Strike is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,879 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.2175, -103.55472
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Lucky Strike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike
Secondary: Bird Claim
Secondary: Fuston Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Roubaix (Germania) 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: Lucky Strike 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTERING IN SE 1/4 OF SECTION 18
Comment (Workings): GRAND TOTAL OF 1500 FT OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING A 240 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMATIONS OF PRECAMBRAIN ROCKS OF THE BLACK HILLS
Comment (Development): OVERALL AREA OF THE LUCKY STRIKE WAS 1313.5 AC OF PATENTED GROUND ; MILL.CAP: 54,750 TONS ; ECON.COM: 40-STAMP MILL CAPABLE OF HANDLING 150 TONS OF ORE PER DAY
References
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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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