Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.

The Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc. is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,843 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.

State: South Dakota

County: Lawrence

Elevation: 4,843 Feet (1,476 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 44.3703, -103.70720

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Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.

Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Two Bit

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
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Belle Eldridge Gold
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1878
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: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

References

Reference (Deposit): DOUGHERTY,E.Y.BELLE ELDRIDGE GOLD MINES, LAWRENCE COUNTY, S.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUMINES,WAR MINERALS REPORT 84, 1943, 7PP.

Reference (Deposit): DOVE, L.P. GEOLOGY AND ORE RESOURCES OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE G

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND THE DEADWOOD ZINC ANDLEAD MINING COMPANY. UNPUB.

Reference (Deposit): PRIVATE REPORT, 7 TYPEWRITTEN PAGES, NO DATE.

Reference (Deposit): GRIES, J.P. THE GEOLOGY OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE LEAD AND ZINC

Reference (Deposit): PROPERTY, NEAR DEADWOOD, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAK. UNPUB

Reference (Deposit): TO U.S. BUMINES, 19 TYPEWRITTENPAGES, NO DATE.

Reference (Deposit): IRVING,J.D.ET AL. ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN BLACK H

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 26,1902, 222 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN,F.C. THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SO. DAK. SOUTH DAKOTA SC

Reference (Deposit): MINES BULL. 17, 1937, 199 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MIDDLETON, J.L. THE PARAGENESIS OF THE BELLE ELDRIDGE ORES.

Reference (Deposit): THESIS, DEPT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (NOT SEEN

Reference (Deposit): MUNSON, G.A. MEMORANDUM TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER ON THE BELL

Reference (Deposit): ALLSMAN,P.T. RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING DISTRICTS IN THE

Reference (Deposit): HILLS, S.DAK. BUMINES BULL. 427. 1940, 146PP.

Reference (Deposit): BALDWIN, G.P. BLACK HILLS ILLUSTRATED. BLACK HILLS MINING ME

Reference (Deposit): ASS'N., DEADWOOD, 1904.

Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW. A MONTHLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED FROM

Reference (Deposit): TO MARCH 1912

Reference (Deposit): REPORT DATED JAN 21, 1943.

Reference (Deposit): SCHWARTZ,G.M. PARAGENESIS OF IRONSULFIDES IN A BLACK HILLS D

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., VOL.23, 1925, PP. 810 - 825.

Reference (Deposit): STATE MINE INSPECTOR, SOUTH DAKOTA. ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1942

Reference (Deposit): WATERLAND,JOEL. MICROSCOPY REPORTOF BELLE ELDRIDGE MINE. UNP

Reference (Deposit): CLASS REPORT, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES, FEB. 1943.

Reference (Deposit): ELDRIDGE PROPERTY, DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAK. U.S. GUMINES UNPUB

Reference (Deposit): CONNOLLY,J.P. THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHERN BL

Reference (Deposit): HILLS. SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 15,1927, 130PP.

Reference (Deposit): CONNOLLY, J.P. AND O'HARRA,C.C. THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BL

Reference (Deposit): HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 16, 1929, 418 PP

Reference (Deposit): DARTON,N.H.,AND PAIGE, SIDNEY. CENTRAL BLACK HILLS FOLIO (NO

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS, 1925.

Reference (Deposit): DEADWOOD BUSINESS CLUB. MINES AND MINING. DEADWOOD, MARCH,19

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