Holy Smoke Mine

The Holy Smoke Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,879 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Holy Smoke Mine
Secondary: Vulcan Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Vulcan Mining And Milling Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 85 AND 106 FEET DEEP, SOME CROSSCUTTING, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND TEST PITS

Comment (Location): NE 1/4, NE 1/4

Comment (Development): 102 ACRES OF PATENTED GROUND

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

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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