The Spokane Mine is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,567 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: 4,567 Feet (1,392 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8397, -103.37670
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Spokane Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spokane Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Spokane
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Congo Uranium Com
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1890
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
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Vanadinite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): 119-1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1940
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPTS S DAK STATE INSPECTOR MINES 1891 1892 1916 1917
Reference (Deposit): FUERSTENAU AND NATION 1954 UNPUB BS THESIS S DAKOTA SCHOOL O
Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 16 P 183 185.
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW V 4,V 5,V 6,V 8,V 10.
Reference (Deposit): PROCEEDINGS S DAK ACAD SCIENCE VOL 49
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL17 P 16 36 81
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN 1943 US BUREAU MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT
Reference (Deposit): LARSEN AND RAUBACH 1954 UNPUB BS THESIS S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF M
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SOC AMERICA BULL VOL 57 P 1557 1558
Reference (Deposit): 1929 1930 1931
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS YEARBOOK US BUREAU MINES1940
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES US BUREAU MINES1915 1917 1918 1919 1926 19
Reference (Deposit): GRIES 1948 US BUREAU MINES PROPOSAL
Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA GEOL SURVEY BULL 3 P 60 61
Reference (Deposit): RAPP 1970 UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS SDAKOTA SCHOOL MINES AND TEC
Reference (Deposit): REPT BY TECH SERVICE CORP CINC OHIO SUBJECT NO 412 1930
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