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Cowboy Lodes

Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011977
MRDS ID D007194
Record type Site
Current site name Cowboy Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.59807, 43.92663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF HILL CITY, 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

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 004E 25,26,35,36 NW (36) South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 OF SEC 36 AND COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 25, 26, 35, 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CASSITERITE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH FINE-GRAINED MICA. MUCH BROKEN ORE IS SAID TO REMAIN IN THE LOWER STOPES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1888 A TEST SHIPMENT WAS SENT TO ENGLAND AND INDICATED ABOUT 0.5 % TIN

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.59807, 43.92663
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 68 NE
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Tin Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 17 - SEVERAL TONS OF CONCENTRATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 655.32M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100 FOOT AND A 300 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH RAISES AND 2150 FEET OF LATERAL WORKINGS. STOPING DONE AT 100 FOOT LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE 100 AND 200 FOOT LEVELS

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, W.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 QUARTZ-MICA VEIN, TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 200 FT AND 425 FT ON THE 100 FOOT LEVEL; NARROWS WITH DEPTH. AVERAGE STOPING WIDTH 2.5 FT. CASSITERITE IS FOUND IN 2 LARGE SHOOTS. THREE PATENTED 10 ACRE CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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