Rattlesnake Jack Mine

Deadwood, South Dakota

44.3288°N 103.6716°W

Mine Overview

The Rattlesnake Jack Mine is near Deadwood, South Dakota. Historically the site has been associated with the Galena Mining District which is now part of the Black Hills National Forest. The Rattlesnake Jack Mine 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 surface and underground workings. There is one known shaft. The ore mined is composed of gold with waste material consisting primarily of pyrite. The host rock in this area is trachyte. The Black Hills of the Interior Plains characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

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Gold Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Mine Development Status^?
Replacement Mine Type^?
Small Production Size^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Rattlesnake Jack Mine Current
Sunday Claim Previous

Owner Name and Address

Gilt Edge Mines Corporation

Type: Owner-Operator

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Gold Metallic Primary

Deposit

IN THE SAME BRECCIATED PORPHYRY AS THE GILT EDGE MINE.

Location Info

Lawrence , South Dakota County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States South Dakota Lawrence

Notes

SW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 5 AND EXTENDS A LITTLE INTO SECTION 8.

Meridian / Township / Range Description

Meridian^? Township^? Section^? Aliquot^?
Black Hills Meridian T.4N R.4E Sec. 5 SW
Black Hills Meridian T.4N R.4E Sec. 8 -

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
National Forest Black Hills National Forest

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Galena Mining District

Workings

Workings at the site.

Workings #1

Type: Surface and Underground
Surface Length: 91.44 Meters
Surface Width: 60.96 Meters

Workings

LEVELS ARE ALSO DEVELOPED AT DEPTHS OF 52 AND 155 FEET BELOW THE ADIT LEVEL AND CONNECT TO THE MAIN LEVEL BY AN UNDERGROUND SHAFT; STOPING HAS EXTENDED TO A SURFACE OPEN CUT.

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

Role^? Material^?
Gangue/Waste Pyrite
Ore Gold

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

Class^? 1st Order Name^? 2nd Order Name^? 3rd Order Name^? 4th Order Name^? Most Specific Name^? Begin Time End Time Description^?
Associated Rock Trachyte Porphyry Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Felsic Volcanic Rock Trachyte Trachyte Pliocene Pliocene -
Host Rock Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Felsic Volcanic Rock Trachyte - Trachyte - - -
Mineralization - - - - - Pliocene Pliocene -

Structure

Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or mine.

Scale Description
Local Fault

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Interior Plains Great Plains Province Black Hills

Alteration

Mineralogical and chemical alteration at or near the site, which may help to indicate the geographic extent of the geological processes producing the mine.

Type^? Alterations
Local Oxidized Ore

Ore Control

Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.

Text^?
All Ore Is Associated With The Pyrite, In A Brecciated Trachyte Porphyry Close To A Fault

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Deadwood (4.37 miles away)
Lead (4.89 miles away)
Central City (5.59 miles away)
Whitewood (9.28 miles away)
Sturgis (9.78 miles away)
Blucksberg Mountain (10.97 miles away)
Tilford (12.11 miles away)
Nemo (12.43 miles away)
Rochford (14.32 miles away)
Spearfish (14.52 miles away)
Saint Onge (15.24 miles away)
Piedmont (15.50 miles away)
North Spearfish (17.12 miles away)
Silver City (17.71 miles away)
Summerset (18.84 miles away)
Johnson Siding (20.45 miles away)
Fruitdale (23.48 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Galena Mining District (0 miles away)
Two Bit Mining District (1.09 miles away)
Lead Mining District (1.57 miles away)
Ruby Basin Mining District (4.81 miles away)
Roubaix-Germania Mining District (6.01 miles away)

Nearby Lands

Black Hills National Forest (0 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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