The Silver Queen is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,141 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: 5,141 Feet (1,567 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3167, -103.64170
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Silver Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen
Secondary: Queen
Secondary: New Silver Queen
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Galena District
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fillmore And Co. Spearfish S. D.
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Diamond B Industries Pierre S. D.
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
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): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES 1954 BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S DAKOTA:
Reference (Deposit): G AND MINING EXPERIMENT STATION UNPUB RPT 71P
Reference (Deposit): HILLS, S DAKOTA: S.DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY ENG
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS W L AND COPE,SH 1969 UTILIZATION OF MINE DUMTS IN TH
Reference (Deposit): K HILLS; S DAK.SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 15,130 P
Reference (Deposit): CONNOLLY, J P 1927,THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHE
Reference (Deposit): RTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA 1970 110
Reference (Deposit): MINES AND TECHNOLOGY 1970 285 PP
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES J P ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC
Reference (Deposit): ISTRICT BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA PH D THESIS SOUTH DAKOTA SC
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES IC 7688, 123P.
Reference (Deposit): GRUNWALD ROSS R GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GALENA M
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