El Dorado

The El Dorado is a gold mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,711 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: El Dorado
Secondary: Gold Dust
Secondary: Midway Fraction

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Unorganized 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

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: New El Dorado Mines, Inc.
Years: 1936 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tin

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 35 ACRES

Comment (Location): ON THE LINE BETWEEN SECS. 27 & 28

References

Reference (Production): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 38

Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 38

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