The Deadwood - Golden Terra Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.36472, -103.76750
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Deadwood - Golden Terra Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deadwood - Golden Terra Mine
Secondary: Deadwood Terra
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: L
Description: Steeply Folded Precambrian Rocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): W 1/2 - ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN BOBTAIL AND DEADWOOD GULCHES
Comment (Production): PRECAMBRIAN ORE
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: THE DEADWOOD CEMENT ORES WERE REPORTEDLY VERY RICH; THE THE HOMESTAKE ORES CARRIED A LOWER VALUE.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY STARTED OUT AS A CEMENT ORE MINE (DEADWOOD FORMATION) BUT THE PRESENCE OF GOLD-BEARING STRATA (HOMESTAKE FORMATION) IN THE STEEPLY FOLDED PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS SOON LED TO DEEPER MINING. DEPTH FOR THE YEAR 1900 .
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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