Spanish R

The Spanish R is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,476 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spanish R

Commodity

Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Carbonate 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.

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Lillian Filmore
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Hausmannite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Rhodolite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Cerargyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TONNAGE CALCULATED FROM ORE BODY SIZE GIVEN BY GRIES 1975.

References

Reference (Deposit): U S BUMINES 1954,BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS,S DAKOTA PART I:

Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURV HEAVY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT # 14-08-0001-10650

Reference (Deposit): OZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DA

Reference (Deposit): OCIATION 206P

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO LEWIS H AND GRIES JOHN P,1970 ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS

Reference (Deposit): BALDWIN,G P 1904 BLACK HILLS ILLUSTRATED: BLACK HILLS MIN ME

Reference (Deposit): WIGGIN R W, ET AL, REPORT ON THE ADELPHIA-SPANISH R AREA OF

Reference (Deposit): STRICT LAWRENCE COUNTY S DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT 80

Reference (Deposit): GRIES JOHN PAUL 197 DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON HILL AREA CARBO

Reference (Deposit): D FOR DAKOTA MINERALS INC 150

Reference (Deposit): HE CARBONATE AREA BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): INES I C 7688 123 PP

Reference (Deposit): FREDLUND DANIEL A 1974 POTENTIAL GOLD SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSI

Reference (Deposit): CARBONATE CAMP, IFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES (S DAK MN 41

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