The Big Hit Group is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,541 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
Elevation: 4,541 Feet (1,384 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.88333, -103.41028
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Big Hit Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Hit Group
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
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE 200 FOOT SHAFT HAS 2 LEVELS THE 200 FOOT LEVEL IS 300 FEET LONG AND CUTS THE SULFIDE ORE
Comment (Location): 2 OF THE CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 16
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDE ORE ON THE 200 FOOT LEVEL RANGES $7 TO $10 A TON BUT SELECTED SAMPLES FROM THE DUMPS ASSAYED ONLY $3 TO $4.
Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS, SIZE AND EXTENT OF VEIN IS NOT KNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 97-98
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