Wood Tin Lode

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Lithium, Beryllium, Mica
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010781
MRDS ID D004750
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Tin Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.36139, 43.87524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockerville(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 002S 006E 14 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Albite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Lepidolite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vivianite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.36139, 43.87524

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR DIKE
    Length 51.82M
    Width 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harry A. Linde
  • Type Owner
    Owner Maywood Chemical Works

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8:2 CARLOADS OF SPODUMENE-ITEM 9-12: BEFORE NOV. 1, 1942. ITEM 1: JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1943. ITEM 13: NOVEMBER 1943 TO AUGUST 1944. ITEM 14: AUGUST 1944 TO JANUARY 1945.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A SHORT TUNNEL, A RAISE AND A FEW SMALL CUTS

Comments on development

  • 20 - ACRE PATENTED LODE ; ECON.COM: SPODUMENE COMPRISES 5 PERCENT OF THE CORE

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

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, WL.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTER ZONES CONSIST OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE & MUSCOVITE. BERYL CRYSTALS 10-24 INCHES IN DIAMETER. CORE OF 40 FT CONSISTS OF QUARTZ & SPODUMENE (5%).

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.