Oro Fino Mine

The Oro Fino 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: Oro Fino Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. Leslie Sansom

Owner Name: Gilt Edge Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
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: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): IN A MASS OF BRECCIATED SCHIST

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE NOW FILLED WITH WATER TO WITHIN 60 FEET OF THE SURFACE AND INCLUDE A SHAFT CONNECTED TO TWO LARGE GLORY HOLES

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 NW 1/4 , IN STRAWBERRY GULCH

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, L. H., AND GRIES, J. 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.

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

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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