The Spanish R is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,476 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,476 Feet (1,669 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3972, -103.86720
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Spanish R MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spanish R
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: 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.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lillian Filmore
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Hausmannite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Rhodolite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TONNAGE CALCULATED FROM ORE BODY SIZE GIVEN BY GRIES 1975.
References
Reference (Deposit): U S BUMINES 1954,BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS,S DAKOTA PART I:
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURV HEAVY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT # 14-08-0001-10650
Reference (Deposit): OZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DA
Reference (Deposit): OCIATION 206P
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO LEWIS H AND GRIES JOHN P,1970 ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS
Reference (Deposit): BALDWIN,G P 1904 BLACK HILLS ILLUSTRATED: BLACK HILLS MIN ME
Reference (Deposit): WIGGIN R W, ET AL, REPORT ON THE ADELPHIA-SPANISH R AREA OF
Reference (Deposit): STRICT LAWRENCE COUNTY S DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT 80
Reference (Deposit): GRIES JOHN PAUL 197 DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON HILL AREA CARBO
Reference (Deposit): D FOR DAKOTA MINERALS INC 150
Reference (Deposit): HE CARBONATE AREA BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): INES I C 7688 123 PP
Reference (Deposit): FREDLUND DANIEL A 1974 POTENTIAL GOLD SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSI
Reference (Deposit): CARBONATE CAMP, IFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES (S DAK MN 41
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