The Spanish R Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,331 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,331 Feet (1,625 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.39722, -103.86806
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Spanish R Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spanish R Mine
Secondary: Richmond Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Carbonate 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: Carbonate Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Thoroughly Oxidized Red Gouge
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 ; ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE CARBONATE DISTRICT
Comment (Production): IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $50,000 IN GOLD BEFORE 1904
Comment (Deposit): DOES NOT LIE UPON THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE MAIN EAST - WEST VERTICAL UPON WHICH THE IRON HILL, SEABURY - CALKINS, AND OTHER MINES ARE LOCATED
Comment (Workings): SHORT DRIFTS, AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND TEST PITS; ALL INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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