Anaconda Mine

The Anaconda Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Anaconda Mine
Secondary: Cloverleaf Mine
Secondary: Uncle Sam Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper

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: Anaconda Gold Mining And Milling Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1878
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: SADDLE REEF

Structure

Type: L
Description: Anticlinal Fold Plunges 40 Deg To The Southeast And Trends North 60 Deg West.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Not available

References

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 .

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