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First Find Lode

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055763
MRDS ID SD02506
Record type Site
Current site name First Find Lode
Alternate or previous names General Grant, Lulu Tin Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58695, 43.86746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILL CITY, AND 2 MILES EAST OF OREVILLE, 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

Custer(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 004E 13;24 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE LINE BETWEEN SECS. 13 & 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result 94.70 PERCENT SNO2 (1890)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.58695, 43.86746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL OPENCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF A GROUP OF 3 PATENTED CLAIMS. TRACEABLE FOR 3/4 MILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 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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