The Gold Medal Group is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,016 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,016 Feet (1,529 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.9175, -103.53361
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Gold Medal Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Medal Group
Secondary: Golden Summit Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City 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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1913
Year: 1912
Year: 1909
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED WINCE FOLLOWED THE ORE BODY TO THE 500 - FOOT LEVEL. CROSSCUTS FAILED TO ENCOUNTER THE VEIN.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, SW 1/4
Comment (Development): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 50 ACRES. ; ECON.COM: 20 - TON STEAM OPERATED MILL
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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