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Century Lode Claim

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lithium, 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101679
MRDS ID D007171
Record type Site
Current site name Century Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names Mateen Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.57445, 43.91996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MILE SOUTH 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 005E 31 NW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Albite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -103.57445, 43.91996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike SE
    Dip NE
    Length 243.84M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPODUMENE CRYSTALS AVERAGING 0.5 BY 1 BY 6 INCHES

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lithium Corp. Of America
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN PITS AND CUTS, THREE SHAFTS, EXTENSIVE TRENCHING AND DRILLING OF THE NORTHERN DIKE.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PRINCIPAL PEGMATITE DIKES, EACH DIKE IS COMPOSED OF THREE ZONES. NORTHERN-MOST DIKE IS IRREGULAR BELOW THE SURFACE AND EXTENDS 100 TO 200 FEET IN DEPTH. THE SOUTHERN DIKE IS WELL EXPOSED FOR 300 FT. THE HANGING WALL IS EXPOSED IN A SHAFT NEAR THE SOUTH END TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 65 FEET. ONE 20 ACRE PATENTED LODE CLAIM.

Reporter information

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

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