The Seabury-Calkins is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,682 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: 5,682 Feet (1,732 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3978, -103.85940
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Seabury-Calkins MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seabury-Calkins
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
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 Fillmore
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: 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: Silver
Unknown: Rhodolite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Hausmannite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TONNAGE ESTIMATE AND GRADE FOR THIS MINE INCLUDED IN THE IRO MINE TONNAGE AND GRADE ESTIMATES, SEE MAS PROPERTY 46-08 HARD-COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA: U S BUMINES BULL 427 146PP
Reference (Deposit): ALLSMAN,P T,1940 RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING IN THE BLACK
Reference (Deposit): PARSONS E R,PRIVATE MINE REPORT, SEABURY MINE 1940 (IN BACKU
Reference (Deposit): TRICT LAWRENCE COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT 8P
Reference (Deposit): GRIES JOHN PAUL 197 DEVELOPMENT OF.THE IRON HILL AREA CARBON
Reference (Deposit): INC A PRIVATE REPORT 15P
Reference (Deposit): HE CARBONATE AREA BLACK HILLS S DAKOTA PREPARED FOR DAKOTA M
Reference (Deposit): FREDLUND DANIEL A 1974 POTENTIAL GOLD SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSI
Reference (Deposit): US BUMINES I C 7688,123P
Reference (Deposit): US BUMINES 1954 BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS,S DAKOTA:PARTI: WA
Reference (Deposit): RVEY HEAVY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT #14-08-0001-10650
Reference (Deposit): C AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS,S DAKOTA: US
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES JOHN P 1970 ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF P
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN BLACK HILLS U S GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 26 222P
Reference (Deposit): IRVING J D EMMONS S F AND JAGGER T A 1904 ECONOMIC RESOURCES
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