Rough Rider

The Rough Rider is a silver and gold mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,079 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rough Rider
Secondary: Roosevelt Group
Secondary: Rough Rider Gold Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Unorganized 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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: M. J. Kelly And Margaret E. Williams
Info Year: 1955
Years: 1937 -

Owner Name: Grantz Gold Mining Co. (Otto T. Grantz)
Info Year: 1955
Years: 190x -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1900
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

Form: IRREGULAR

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

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED FOR $0.70 TO $1.75 A TON FOR MINE-RUN QUARTZ

Materials

Ore: Sylvanite
Gangue: Tetradymite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES TWO OPENCUTS, A 40 - FOOT SHAFT, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND EXTENSIVE DRIFTING ON THE 90 - FOOT LEVEL.

Comment (Location): NE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Location): Digitized 3 shafts (fron NW to SE) from the Berne 24k geologic map (PP-297F): -103.724421 43.805367 -103? 43' 27.9156" 43? 48' 19.3212" -103.721569 43.804823 -103? 43' 17.6484" 43? 48' 17.3628" -103.720703 43.804325 -103? 43' 14.5308" 43? 48' 15.57"

References

Reference (Deposit): Redden, J.A., Geology of the Berne Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota: USGS Professional Paper 297-F, p. 400, 402.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA-- PART 2: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, p. 91-92.

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