Gold Medal Group
Hill City, South Dakota
43.9174°N 103.5341°W
Mine Overview
The Gold Medal Group is near Hill City, South Dakota. Historically the site has been associated with the Hill City Mining District which is now part of the Black Hills National Forest. The Gold Medal Group was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be small. Mine operations consist of underground workings. There is one known shaft. Subsurface depth reaches a maximum of 91 meters (300 feet). The ore mined is composed of gold and silver with waste material consisting primarily of quartz, wolframite and biotite. The host rock in this area is schist from the Neoproterozoic era 1.00 to 0.54 billion years ago. The Black Hills of the Interior Plains characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
Owner Name and Address
Cedar Rapids Gold Mining Company
Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Gold Metallic Primary
- Silver Metallic Primary
- Tungsten Metallic Tertiary
Location Info
- Pennington , South Dakota County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States South Dakota Pennington
Development
5 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 50 ACRES.; 20-TON STEAM OPERATED MILL.
Workings
Workings at the site.
Underground Workings #1
- Type: Underground
- Sub Surface Depth: 91.44 Meters
Workings
AN INCLINED WINCE FOLLOWED THE ORE BODY TO THE 500-FOOT LEVEL. CROSSCUTS FAILED TO ENCOUNTER THE VEIN.
Orebody
Characteristics of the ore body.
- Strike: east-west
- Dip: 45 south
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Interior Plains Great Plains Province Black Hills
Ore Control
Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.
- Text?
- Folding Associated With A Northwest Trending Syncline
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Gold Medal Mine
- Gold commodity Site type Mine status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Surface And Underground
- 0.01 miles
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Canfield Lode
- Tungsten commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- 0.26 miles
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High Lode
- Tungsten commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.37 miles
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Vida May Tungsten Occurrence
- Tungsten commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Vein
- 0.39 miles
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February Group
- Tin commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Surface And Underground
- 0.42 miles
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February Group
- Tin commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- 0.52 miles
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Jolly Group
- Tin commodity Site type Mine status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.56 miles
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Jolly Group
- Tin commodity Site type Mine status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- 0.64 miles
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Vida May Tungsten Prospect
- Tungsten commodity Site type Prospect status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Surface
- 0.80 miles
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Success Claim
- Tungsten commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.91 miles
Nearby Places
- Hill City (2.29 miles away)
- Keystone (5.96 miles away)
- Rockerville (9.17 miles away)
- Custer (10.90 miles away)
- Silver City (11.63 miles away)
- Johnson Siding (12.50 miles away)
- Colonial Pine Hills (12.53 miles away)
- Rochford (17.01 miles away)
- Hermosa (17.91 miles away)
- Rapid City (18.81 miles away)
- Nemo (19.17 miles away)
- Blackhawk (19.66 miles away)
- Summerset (21.06 miles away)
- Pringle (21.54 miles away)
- Piedmont (22.87 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Hill City Mining District (0 miles away)
- Keystone Mining District (2.19 miles away)
- Oreville Mining District (3.21 miles away)
- Custer Mining District (4.43 miles away)
- Redfern Mining District (5.28 miles away)
Nearby Lands
- Black Hills National Forest (0 miles away)
- Black Elk Wilderness (2.03 miles away)
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (3.90 miles away)
Footnotes
* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.
** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.
1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.
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