Grand View Mine

The Grand View Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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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

Name: Grand View Mine  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.10083, -103.58028

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Grand View Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grand View Mine
Secondary: Grand View Mining Company


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Francis Hoffman


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: R
Description: Precambrian Rocks Are Nearly Vertical And Strike N 60 W


Alterations

Not available


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

Analytical Data: 0.8 OZ AU AND 2 OZ AG PER TON


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Boulangerite


Comments

Comment (Location): SE 1/4

Comment (Development): SHAFT NO. 1 ON GRAND VIEW CLAIM, NO. 2 ON THE STANDARD AND NOS. 3 TO 5 ON THE GRAND VIEW NO. 4 CLAIM. ; ECON.COM: SMALL STAMP MILL (1905). THE JAMESONITE CONTAINS FREE GOLD AMENABLE TO AMALGAMATION. SILVER IS PROBABLY ALSO IN THE JAMESONITE BUT CANNOT BE SATISFACTORILY RECOVERED BY AMALGAMATION.

Comment (Workings): 5 SHAFTS FROM 35 TO 110 FT DEEP


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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