South Dakota · Custer County
Past Producer

Rough Rider

Custer County, South Dakota, United States
SilverGold
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsSylvanite
GangueQuartz, Tetradymite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Schist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsnone known.
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10010796
MRDS IDD004772
Alternate namesRoosevelt Group, Rough Rider Gold Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.80472, -103.72139
References
{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA-- PART 2: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, p. 91-92.}{Deposit:: Redden, J.A., Geology of the Berne Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota: USGS Professional Paper 297-F, p. 400, 402.}