The Mariposa Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.06167, -103.62944
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Mariposa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mariposa Mine
Secondary: Merry Posey
Secondary: Mary Posey
Secondary: Slate Creek Lode
Secondary: Third Time Lode
Secondary: Blair Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Mystic 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: Walter Wilson And J. E. Bramblette
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY INCLUDED 8 CLAIMS. REFILED AS THIRD TIME LODE IN 1941 ; ECON.COM: SMALL MILL (NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION)
Comment (Workings): 35- AND 30- FT SHAFTS; 500 FT DRIFT BEGINNING 40 FT ABOVE THE CREEK; 2 CROSSCUTS AND SOME STOPING AND A RAISE TO THE SURFACE AT THE BACK END OF THE SHAFT. THE MAIN DRIFT BEARS S 55 W.
References
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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