Segregated Iron Hill

The Segregated Iron Hill is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,689 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Segregated Iron Hill

Commodity

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

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Lillian Fillmore
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
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: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Rhodolite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Hausmannite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TONNAGE ESTIMATE AND GRADE FOR THIS MINE INCLUDED IN THE IRO MINE TONNAGE AND GRADE ESTIMATES, SEE MAS PROPERTY 46-08 HARD-COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

References

Reference (Deposit): ICT LAWRENCE COUNTY S DAKOTA A PRIVATE REPORT 8 P

Reference (Deposit): GRIES JOHN P 197 DEVELOPM T OF THE IRON HILL AREA CARBONAT

Reference (Deposit): R DAKOTA MINERALS INC 15 P

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

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

Reference (Deposit): R # 7688 123P

Reference (Deposit): U S BUMINES BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S D PARTI US BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HEAVEY METALS PROGRAM CONTRACT # 14-08-000

Reference (Deposit): ZOIC AND TERTIARV AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKO

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

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