South Dakota · Lawrence County
Past Producer

Ruby Belle Mine

Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlJust Above The Basal Quartzite, Two Are Shoots Diverging Toward The South
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Silver
Geology
Associated rockPlutonic Rock · Sugarloaf Sill;Phonolite Dike
AlterationOxidized Ore
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1894
Identification
Deposit ID10055510
MRDS IDSD02071
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.32496, -103.80197
References
US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .SHAPIRO, LEWIS H., AND GRIES, JOHN P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.