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Deacon Wright Lode

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Mica
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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. 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 10094471
MRDS ID D008131
Record type Site
Current site name Deacon Wright Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63779, 43.86163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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 21 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE LINE BETWEEN SECS 21 AND 22. A SHORT DISTANCE NE OF THE HUNTER AND LOUISE LITHIA MINE. ON SLOPE OF A NARROW DIVIDE BETWEEN SPRING CREEK AND TENDERFOOT GULCH, 7.5 MI SW OF HILL CITY AND A SIMILAR DISTANCE NW OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Mica Ore

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) Metamorphosed Black Shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling, And Manufacturing Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH EXTENDING ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INO CIRC 7707, P. 60-61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA RICH PEGMATITE WITH ACCESSORY CASSITERITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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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