The Cuttysark Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.08639, -103.63833
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Cuttysark Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuttysark Mine
Secondary: Basin Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Blue Talc Mines
Secondary: Teddy
Secondary: Teddy Nos. 1 and 2.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Mystic 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: Ellis Barker
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4
Comment (Development): MANY EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY ; ECON.COM: 10 STAMP MILL MOVED IN 1911 TO THE INCA FAIRVIEW MINE
Comment (Workings): 120 FT SHAFT SUNK BY 1895
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGY OR MINERALOGY LISTED
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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