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White Swan

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010779
MRDS ID D004747
Record type Site
Current site name White Swan
Alternate or previous names Hayes' Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.57084, 43.93329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position ADJACENT TO THE EAST EDGE OF THE TOWNSITE OF HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ABOUT 200 YARDS NORTHEAST OF THE BURLINGTON RAILWAY STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hill City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001S 005E 30 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES SHOWS 36.3 PERCENT FEWO4 AND 63.7 PERCENT MNWO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.57084, 43.93329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. E. Hayes

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SERIES AT SMALL CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • A SMALL PATENTED CLAIM OF ABOUT 5.5 ACRES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKENS TO THE NORTH & DIPS STEEPLY WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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