Gold Mines in Pennington County, SD: 5 Abandoned + 107 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Pennington County

5 records marked abandoned by MSHA. They are listed for reference only. Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.

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Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Glory Hunter #2	surface	Sep 28, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Dawn Mill	processing facility	Apr 30, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Juniper Mine	underground	Feb 6, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lazy Beaver	surface	Jan 11, 2019	Rochford	n/a	n/a
Wade Mill	processing facility	Oct 9, 1984	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Pennington County (USGS)

USGS records 107 historic gold producers in Pennington County: 102 past producers and 5 listed as producers or plants. For 52 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 51 small). Production years are recorded for 6 sites, from 1890 to 1955.

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Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Juniper Silver Mine	Producer	medium	Zinc, Gold, Copper	n/a
Cumberland Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	1892 to 1908
Bismark-Ida Florence Groups	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1893
Columbia Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1876
El Dorado	Past producer	small	Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Silver	from 1890
Sunnyside Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1895
Juniper Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	1903 to 1955
Doctor No. 2	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1929
Antler - Burlington Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Barnes Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bee Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold	found 1886
Besse B Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Eagle Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Buckeye & Lena Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1899
Bullion Mine Pennington County	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Arsenic	to 1930
Burlington Lode	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Clara Belle	Past producer	small	Gold, Tin, Silver	found 1886
Cochrane Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Copper Glance	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Uranium	n/a
Crain Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Diana Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead	n/a
Egyptian Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Forrest City Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1911
Gold Hill Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold King Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1879
Gold Medal Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Golden Slipper Gold and Silver	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Sulfides	found 1893
Golden West Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1897
Grand View Mine	Past producer	small	Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a
Grizzly Bear	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Tantalum	n/a
Hawk Wright	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Holy Smoke Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Holy Terror Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	found 1894
Homelode	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony	n/a
Huney Property	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
J. R. Extension	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Joe Dollar Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Keystone Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1892
King of the West	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1897
Luck Boy Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Maloney Blue Lead Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver	found 1875
Marigold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mary Belle Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nathaniel Pope	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ok Lode Gold & Silver	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Queen Bee Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
St. Elmo Group	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Standby Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Tea and Dolcode	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Tepee Gulch Area	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold	n/a
Woodchuck Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Yellow Bird Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Juniper Mine	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Alta Lodi Mining Company Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Antler-Burlington	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Beckman,Gen.Custer,Gold Coin Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bismarck	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Black Hills Copper Company Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Buckeye and Lena Group MS 942 2024	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Bullion Mine MS 2136	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Burlington	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cochrane Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Columbia Mine MS 2106	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cuttysark Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Doctor No 2	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dolcode Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
El Dorado MS 2014	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Silver	n/a
Empire Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fairview Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Medal Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Mountain	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden Slipper	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Golden West	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gordelia	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Grand View Group MS 1948	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Grizzly Bear Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Holy Smoke	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Holy Terror	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Home Lode Mine	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Huney Property	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Lead, Gold, Antimony	n/a
Inca Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
J.R. Mine MS 1160	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Jenny Gulch Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Keystone Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
King of the West	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lookout	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Boy Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Marigold Mining & Milling Company	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mariposa Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mary Belle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Midnight Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Montana Mine MS 1697	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Montezuma	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nathaniel Pope Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ok Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Queen Bee Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
St. Elmo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Standby Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sunbeam Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sunnyside Mine MS 1080	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Union Hill MS 942 & 2024	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Vulcan	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Western Belle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Yellow Bird	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.

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