The Standby Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.12028, -103.70889
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Standby Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standby Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Rochford 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George Beardshear And Associates
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized And Unoxidized Ore
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cummingtonite
Gangue: Stilpnomelane
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE MAP SHOWS THE MINE IN THE CENTRAL W 1/2 OF SECTION 24. THE BOOK STATES THAT IT IS IN THE E 1/2 OF SECTION 23.
Comment (Development): EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE ; ECON.COM: 20 - STAMP AMALGAM ACTION MILL (VINTAGE 1891); 60 - STAMP MILL (1906)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES IN A SYNCLINE
Comment (Geology): THE CUMMINGTONITE SCHIST IS CORRELATED WITH THE PRECAMBRIAN HOMESTAKE FORMATION.
Comment (Workings): 4 LARGE OPEN PITS; DRIFT AT 175 FT; 1300 FT DRIFT DRIVEN SOUTH ON THE 425 FT LEVEL - CONNECTED TO OLDER WORKINGS BY A 250 FT RAISE.
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): ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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