The Diana Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.08833, -103.57000
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Diana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diana Mine
Secondary: Gorman's Mine
Secondary: Comstock Mine
Secondary: Diana Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Silver City 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: John Gorman, Estate
Owner Name: Burke, Joseph
Home Office: Silver City, Sd
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: S.D. SCHOOL OF MINES ANALYSIS BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION. ASSAY RANDOM PIECE: GOLD 0.06 OZ, SILVER 4.00 OZ, ANTIMONY 0.50 OZ, LEAD 0.70 OZ
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Huebnerite
Gangue: Bindheimite
Gangue: Boulangerite
Comments
Comment (Development): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS: DIANA, MEADOWLARK, DEEP CHANNEL, MAMMOTH, CONSOLIDATED, DEPOT AND COMSTOCK TOTALING 70 AC
Comment (Workings): 515 FT OF TUNNELING; MAIN TUNNEL IS 450 FT LONG AND CROSSCUTS SCHISTOSITY OF THE COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
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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