The Cochrane Mine is a gold mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.1, -103.73190
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Cochrane Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cochrane Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Naneco Minerals
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997
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): COULD BE THE COCHRANE EXPLORATION PROPERTY AS DESCRIDED IN THE NOV., 20, 1996 THE MINING RECORD ARTICAL, P6. 11-96: PHASE-ONE DRILLING ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT AU MINERAL- IZATION. IN ALL OF THE MINERALIZED ZONES FREE GOLD IS PRESENT. 9-97: NANECO COMPLETED 12 CORE HOLES WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THE GEOLOGIC RESOURCE: THE CURRENT 270,000 OZ AU RESOURCE ESTIMATE CONSISTS OF 68,000 OZ OF DRILL INDICATED AND 200,000 OZ OF INFERRED RESOURCES GRADING 6.3 G/MT. THE DEPOSIT IS OPEN IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, STAFF, REG V., IC7688, 1954, P108.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, N 47, NOV., 20, 1996, P6.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 108, #4, JAN., 22, 1997, P3.
Reference (Deposit): NANECO MINERALS LTD. NEWS RELEASE, 9-22-97.
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