Silver Queen Mine

The Silver Queen Mine is a silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,161 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Secondary: New Silver Queen Mine
Secondary: Queen Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Galena 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

Owner Name: Silver Security Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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

Form: SMALL LENTICULAR DEPOSITS CONFORMABLE WITH THE BEDDING CONFORMABLE WITH THE BEDDING

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Thoroughly Oxidized

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartzite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Freibergite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): JUST NORTH OF CENTER OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SEC. 9

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHALLOW DRIFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1965 , MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

Reference (Deposit): US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .

Reference (Production): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 { BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1964 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10 { HOYT, C. D., 1972 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1970 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 17 { SMITH, M. C., AND KOCH, C., 1976 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1969 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 16 A

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