The Golden Slipper Gold and Silver is a silver and gold mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.94639, -103.50000
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Golden Slipper Gold and Silver MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Slipper Gold and Silver
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Sulfides
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Unorganized 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: Empire Gold Mines, Inc.
Production
Year: 1937
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1,642.15 Ounces Au 266 Ounces Ag
Year: 1936
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^119.15 Ounces Au 24 Ounces Ag
Year: 1935
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^295.86 Ounces Au 52 Ounces Ag
Year: 1911
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^231.89 Ounces Au 44 Ounces Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
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: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4
Comment (Production): 1935 - 38 INCLUDES ORE FROM BOTH THE GOLDEN SLIPPER & FORREST CITY VEINS.
Comment (Development): THE GOLDEN SLIPPER GROUP & THE FORREST CITY GROUP TOTAL 900 ACRES. ; ECON.COM: GOLD OCCURS FREE AND WITH ARSENOPYRITE AND OTHER SULFIDES
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): WINCE EXTENDS TO 650 - FOOT LEVEL, EXTENSIVE STOPING BETWEEN LEVELS, CROSSCUTS ON 60 -, 120 -, 250 -, 310 -, 420 -, 500 -, AND 550 - FOOTLEVELS. CONNECTED TO THE FORREST CITY WORKINGS AT THE 500 FT LEVEL.
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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