Coletta

The Coletta is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coletta

Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Galena District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: L. Burton Row Lead,S. D.
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

References

Reference (Deposit): ISTRICT BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA PH D THESIS SOUTH DAKOTA SC

Reference (Deposit): GRUNWALD ROSS R GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GALENA M

Reference (Deposit): CONNOLLY J P AND O'HARRA C C THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK

Reference (Deposit): LS SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 15 1927 P99

Reference (Deposit): CONNOLLY, J P THE TERTIARY MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHERN BL

Reference (Deposit): RTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA 1970 110

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND TECHNOLOGY 1970 285 PP

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO L H AND GRIES J P ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA: PART I. BUMINES IC 7688 PP 32-33

Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES STAFF REGION V BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS

Reference (Deposit): 1 SURVEY PROF PAPER 26 1902 PP 170-171.

Reference (Deposit): IRVING J D ET AL ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HI

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 16 1929 190 PP

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