The Daisy Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.32944, -103.81861
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Daisy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daisy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Ruby Basin District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Golden Reward Consolidated Gold Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
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: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS WERE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE AND CONSISTED OF TRENCHES AND SHALLOW DRIFTS.
Comment (Location): BETWEEN FANTAIL AND STEWART GULCHES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SE 1/4 SECTION.
Comment (Development): THIS IS THE EASTERNMOST RECORDED OCCURRENCE OF MINERALIZATION AT THE UPPER CONTACT IN THE BALD MOUNTAIN-RUBY BASIN AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
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