Pinney Mine

The Pinney Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,039 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Pinney Mine  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Lawrence

Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.36861, -103.76361

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Pinney Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pinney Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cementing Material Entirely Altered To Iron Oxides


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): W 1/2 , ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN BOBTAIL AND DEADWOOD GULCHES

Comment (Production): BOTH THE REGULAR ORE AND BROKEN LEDGE MATERIAL IN THE CONGLOMERATE CARRIED VERY HIGH GOLD VALUES.

Comment (Deposit): FOSSIL PLACER; CONGLOMERATE CONTAINED FRAGMENTS OF PREC. SHISTS WHICH CONTAINED HIGH GOLD VALUES.

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUT METHODS


References

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

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, LEWIS H., AND GRIES, JOHN P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.


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