The Bismarck Property is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,050 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: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3294, -103.75830
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Bismarck Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bismarck Property
Secondary: Alder Creek Property
Secondary: Little Blue Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Lead, Sd
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Deposit): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): IRC 7688 1954 PP 74-75.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN F C 1937 THE MINING INDUSRY OF S DAK: S DAK SCHOOL O
Reference (Deposit): BULL 17 P 95.
Reference (Deposit): RUNNER J J AND HARTMANN 1918 THE OCCURRENCE CHEMISTRY METALL
Reference (Deposit): D USES OF TUNGSTEN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BLACK HILLS
Reference (Deposit): TH DAK:S D SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 75
Reference (Deposit): U S BUMINES STAFF REGION V BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S D PT
Reference (Deposit): IRVING J D 1902 ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HIL
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURVEY PP 26 PP 211 212
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