South Dakota · Pennington County
Past Producer

Buckeye & Lena Group

Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlQuartz Stringers In Fractures In Schist, Slate & Quartzite
Materials
Ore mineralsSilver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist
Tectonic settingSouthern Black Hills
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10011989
MRDS IDD007212
Alternate namesUnion Hill Group Gopher Group
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.97496, -103.59279
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707