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Sphalerite from
Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyriteā“˜22 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartzā“˜21 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Ankerite-Dolomite Series9 photos of Sphalerite associated with Ankerite-Dolomite Series at this locality.
Dolomiteā“˜6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Bournonite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Bournonite at this locality.
Galenaā“˜1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68615
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68615:6
GUID (UUID V4):021f606a-0e06-42a1-a465-59dac1e94f2e
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Pluma, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ā“˜Denis Henault claim, Strawberry Creek, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ā“˜Belle Eldridge Gold Mine (Deadwood Lead and Zinc Company Mine; Helen Gould Claim), Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ā“˜Silver Queen Mine (New Silver Queen Mine), Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) ā“˜Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ā“˜Oro Fino Mine, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Gilt Edge Mine (Rattlesnake Jack; Dakota Maid; Ruby Ridge; Gilt Edge Glory Hole; Oro-Fina; Anchor Hill Mines 0460810072), Galena, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ā“˜Merritt Mines (Merritt No. 1 Mine; Merritt No. 2 Mine), Galena, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ā“˜Horseshoe-Comet mine, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ā“˜Double Rainbow Mine, Galena, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakotaā€™s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Report (issue)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse...Part I Bald Mountain Gold Mining Region, Northern Black Hills, South Dakota By JAMES J. NORTON Gold Deposits...Park City Mining District, Utah By CALVIN S. B ROM FIELD Gold in the Eureka Mining District, Nevada By...and THOMAS B. NOLAN Gold in the Central City Mining District, Colorado By ALAN R. WALLACE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...pt. 1. Bald Mountain gold mining region, northern Black Hills, South Dakota / by James J. Norton. Gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pyrrhotite, and Marcasite at the Homestake BIF-Hosted Gold Deposit, South Dakota, USA: Insights on Au-As Ore Genesis...Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Homestake deposit, northern Black Hills, South Dakota, is the largest banded ironformation...synsedimentary to early diagenetic sulfides at Homestake and surrounding area indicates that the Au in...that the volume of upper Poorman Formation in the mine area (approx. 12 km3) could potentially yield ~4...suggest that a significant portion of the gold at Homestake may have been sourced from the relatively thick
Report (issue)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse...Terranes Part I Geographic Distribution of Gold Mining Regions and Types of Deposits in the United States...Exploration Guides for Gold Deposits, Black Hills, South Dakota By JACK A. REDDEN and GREGORY McN. FRENCH U...bibliographies. Contents: Geographic distribution of gold mining regions and types of deposits in the United States...Black Hills, South Dakota / by Jack A. Redden and Gregory McN. French. 1. Gold mines and mining United States
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentrations of zinc and lead in the world. These are the Tri-State district of Oklahoma, Kansas, and...The host rock is dolomitized limestone. The mining district is on a dome or arch. Mineralization is confined...TRI-STATE DISTRICT History of the Missouri Portion of the Tri-State District The Tri-State district, extending...discovery of the district is credited to William Tingle and his nephew, D. Campbell, who found lead ore and started...small-scale mining in 1849 on Turkey Creek in Joplin, Missouri (Dressel 1989). The history of the district is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and quartz variety...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and quartz variety...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and quartz variety...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and quartz variety...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...pegmatites of the CusterKeystone area, to the Homestake gold mine in Lead, to golden barite-bearing concretions...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Report (volume)
Precambrian Rocks in the Galena-Roubaix District, Black Hills, South Dakota \ ( By R. W. BAYLEY Ā» CONTRIBUTIONS...map of the Galena-Roubaix district, Lawrence County, Black Hills, South Dakota.________________ In pocket...Geological Survey diamond-drill hole 1, Galena-Roubaix district.____________ ra Ell CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC...GALENA-ROUB AIX DISTRICT, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA ByK.W.BAYLEY ABSTRACT The Galena-Roubaix district is underlain...characteristic of the district. The oldest exposed rocks, previously mapped as amphibolite and Homestake Formation
Report (issue)
Hpmestake Gold Mine, An Early Proterozoic lron-F<;,>rmation-Hosted Gold Deposit, Lawrepce County, South Dakota...SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. ā€¢ SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse...The Homestake Gold Mine : an early Proterozoic iron-formation-hosted gold deposit, Lawrence County, South...South Dakota I by Stanton W. Caddey ... [et al.]. p. em. (Geology and resources of gold in the United...I 19.3:1857-J 1. Gold ores-South Dakota-Lawrence County. 2. Homestake Mine (S.D.) 3. Geology, Stratigraphic-Proterozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/precamres Lead-isotope and trace-element geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic...metasedimentary rocks in the Lead and Rochford basins (Black Hills, South Dakota, USA): Implications for genetic...mineralization ages, and sources of leads in the Homestake gold deposit Robert Frei a,b,āˆ— , Peter S. Dahl... Kent, OH 44242, USA d Geology and Geological Engineering Department, South Dakota School of Mines &...East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montanaā€™s mining origins. Montanaā€™s production...production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc, vermiculite, and zinc is impressive...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montanaā€™s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS MAy, 1974 No. 3 HomestakeGold Mine, SouthDakota: I. StableIsotopeStudies DANNY M...RYE * Abstract The Homestakegold mine is the largest producinggold mine in North America. The ore occursas...sedimentarysulfidesindicatethat most of the sul.fur in the Homestake mine was ultima.tely derived from sea-water sulfate...and Wright (1923) Triā€¢. Homestakegold mine, at Lead, South Dakota, suggestedthat all mineralizationwas...largest producinggold mine in North America. Since it began productionin 1876, the mine has producedover 31
Report (issue)
and Tertiary Age of the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota by Lewis H. Shapiro I APR 2 3 1970 DENVER...Geological Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota Submitted in accordance... 3 E.) IS MISLABELED ON THE U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 MD7. LEAD QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, WHICH APPEARS AS PLATE...AND IN ALL EARLIER LITERATURE ON THE RUBY BASIN DISTRICT. COLOR KEY FOR ALL MAPS IN THIS REPORT Rock..."27 3.12 Gold-Silver Replacement Deposits 3.13 Lead-Silver Ores 3.14 3.2 4. Page Ores of the Deadwood
Report (volume)
National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1580 SOUTH DAKOTA WYOMING I -Ā«*&...Geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming We st from. Washington SHOWING...Geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming By ED DEWITT, J. A. REDDEN, ANNA...Mineral resources locatable commodities 50 History of mining and exploration 50 Metals 51 Industrial minerals...114 Miscellaneous commodities 115 Utilization of mine tailings 115 Aluminum 115 Bentonite 115 Mineral
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 67 Mineral Deposits of Lincoln County, New Mexico by GEORGE B. GRISWOLD 1959 STATE BUREAU...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY..................................... 14 MINING IN LINCOLN COUNTY........................................................................ 26 White Oaks district .................................................................................... 30 Old Abe mine ...............................................
Report (issue)
UC-NRLF B 3 JTH am IDD DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. J. E. 3 TODD, STATE GEOLOGIST ... MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK HILLS BY CLEOPHAS C. O^HARRA...MINERAL BUILDSSUM&^RIAL FUELS AND WATERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA > WITH PRODUCTION FOR IQOO BY JAMES E. TQ02...TQ02 TODD EARTH SCIENC LIBRARY GIFT OF SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. J. E. 3. TODD...TODD, STATE GEOLOGIST MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK HILLS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nicht typisch ftir die in dem westlichen Teil der USA iibliche Gold-Quarz-Pyrit Assoziation. Introduction...single deposit in each locality. Only the Homestake, South Dakota, material is lode gold. The localities...Alder Gulch, Virginia City District, Montana Locality Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona Pennsylvania...Pennsylvania Mountain, Park County, Colorado Type of occurrence Placer, residual Placer, residual Ninemile Creek...Creek, Missoula County, Montana Homestake ore body, Lawrence County, So. Dakota Type of occurrence Placer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Suites of ores were examinedfrom the Homestake Mine, South Dakota; Parry Sound, Ontario; Fierro, New Mexico;...Mexico; Ducktown, Tennessee;Sullivan Mine, British Columbia; Sudbury, Ontario; Noranda and Abana Mines...Mines,Manitoba;Cuyuna Range, Minnesota; and Potosi Mine, Chihuahua,Mexico. One or more specimens wereexaminedfrom...Ontario; Cooke City, Montana; Little Bob Mine, Georgia; Cook County,Minnesota;and rfianyothers. The work...a Jewell, W. B.: Mineral depositsof the Hyder district, southeasternAlaska. EcoN. GEo,..,vol. 22, pp
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ae i A Visitor Guide Pa BPD 4 ei Ey 4 [ MINING AND MINERAL OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL STATES...cataloged as follows: United States. Bureau of Mines. Mining and mineral operations in the North-Central States:...and nonmetallics. Stable and economic domestic mining, mineral, metal, and mineral reclamation industries...enjoy your experiences. This pamphlet, a guide to mining and mineral operations that may be observed or...aid tourists and students who are interested in mining. Some may wish to study our Nationā€™s romantic past;
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Arrington Mine Carolina Slate 'Belt 25 27 2 Gold Hill Mine 28 Placer ~lXlsits 2 Howie Mine 29 !me...me Del"'sits 2 Reed Mine 31 S<>urces and Prtxluction 5 Silver Hill Mine 31 World Sources and...Production 5 Phoenix Mine 33 United States Sources and Production 5 Hoover Hill Mine 33 Mineralogy and...Gardner Hill Mine 33 Uses 7 Fentress Mine 34 Prices 8 Mining Methc:xis 9 Rudisil Mine 34 OJ:>en-Pit...OJ:>en-Pit Mining 9 St. Catherine Mine 35 Underground Mining 9 Capps Mine 35 9 Kings Mountain Belt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the order, named: pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bismuth minerals, pyrrhotite,...JamesA. Noblefor the resultsof yearsof work in the mine and laboratory. Noble'sresultsin generalagree with...in magnetite. In someof the outlyingparts of the mine there is no closerelationbetweengold and arsenopyrite...associations of native gold. In the Bridge River district Cairnesx4 found free gold commonwith acicularcrystalsof...a studyof assaysof ore from theGeorgeGold-Copper Mine of Stewart,BritishColumbia, showsthat gold is associated
 
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