Spokane Mine

The Spokane Mine is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,567 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spokane Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Spokane

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Congo Uranium Com
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Vanadinite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): 119-1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1940

Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPTS S DAK STATE INSPECTOR MINES 1891 1892 1916 1917

Reference (Deposit): FUERSTENAU AND NATION 1954 UNPUB BS THESIS S DAKOTA SCHOOL O

Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 16 P 183 185.

Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINING REVIEW V 4,V 5,V 6,V 8,V 10.

Reference (Deposit): PROCEEDINGS S DAK ACAD SCIENCE VOL 49

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL17 P 16 36 81

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN 1943 US BUREAU MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT

Reference (Deposit): LARSEN AND RAUBACH 1954 UNPUB BS THESIS S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF M

Reference (Deposit): GEOL SOC AMERICA BULL VOL 57 P 1557 1558

Reference (Deposit): 1929 1930 1931

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS YEARBOOK US BUREAU MINES1940

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES US BUREAU MINES1915 1917 1918 1919 1926 19

Reference (Deposit): GRIES 1948 US BUREAU MINES PROPOSAL

Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA GEOL SURVEY BULL 3 P 60 61

Reference (Deposit): RAPP 1970 UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS SDAKOTA SCHOOL MINES AND TEC

Reference (Deposit): REPT BY TECH SERVICE CORP CINC OHIO SUBJECT NO 412 1930

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