Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlMineralization In A Shear Zone In The Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver
GangueGraphite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Schist
AlterationSmall Quantities Of Chalcopyrite And Pyritic Schists Altered To Malachite, Azurite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10104241
MRDS IDSD02217
Alternate namesCopper Reef Nos. 1 and 2, Solnar, Black Hills Copper Co., Climax
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.10413, -103.80474
References
U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688