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Elkhorn Tungsten Property

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055775
MRDS ID SD02524
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhorn Tungsten Property
Alternate or previous names Black Hills Tungsten Mining & Milling Property, Heart of the Black Hills Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.505, 43.91302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 1/8 Mile, 1/8 Mile, 1/8 Mile, 1/8 Mile

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 34 SW OF SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metagraywacke
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NW
    Dip SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: $3000. ITEM 2: $400 - UNDETERMINED TONNAGE. ITEM 8: $10,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 47

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 65 ACRES. 5 QUARTZ VEINS. ONE IS 1 FT WIDE; ANOTHER IS 2 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-82 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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