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Excelsior Lode

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tin
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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 10099360
MRDS ID SD02525
Record type Site
Current site name Excelsior Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.54334, 43.89413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MI SOUTHEAST 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 002S 005E 08 NE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • IN PALMER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.54334, 43.89413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 58-59

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED 10 ACRE CLAIM. QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE VEIN. 3-4 FT WIDE AT THE SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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