Seabury-Calkins

The Seabury-Calkins is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,682 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Seabury-Calkins  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Lawrence

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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