The Jungle Mine is a copper mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.21306, -103.69389
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Jungle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jungle Mine
Secondary: Custer Peak Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Rochford 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: Custer Peak Copper 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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Iron Oxides And Oxides And Carbonates Of Copper
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Production): GREATEST ACTIVITY AROUND 1900; ONLY RECORD IS 1918.
Comment (Development): JUNGLE MINE, THE MOST PRODUCTIVE, BURNED IN FIRE OF 1942. THE COMPANYS HOLDINGS ORIGINALY COMPRISED 220 AC ; ECON.COM: OLD MINERVA GOLD MILL MOVED ONTO PROPERTY, 1917, NEVER USED
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS TEST PITS. MAIN SHAFT 250 FT; OTHERS 65 AND 90 FEET IN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 768
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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