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Black Hills Tin Company

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Lithium, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10104199
MRDS ID SD02057
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hills Tin Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -104.05256, 44.37932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position NEAR TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 001E 19,30 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • Modified geocoordinates slightly to conform with location reported in record 10153321. Did not change PLSS coordinates so these may not exactly match current geocoordinates

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Spodumene Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Schist;Intrusives
    Rock description Schist;Intrusives

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -104.05256, 44.37932
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876

Mining district

District name Tinton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Black Hills Tin Co.

Comments on development

  • PLACER TIN DISCOVERED IN 1876 . LODE TIN DISCOVERED IN 1886 . THE COMPANY OWNED MORE THAN 100 CLAIMS WHICH COVERED 2700 AC. ; ECON.COM: THE COMPANY OWNED A SMALL MILL WHICH PROCESSED 150 TONS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688, P 7

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W. C., AND PAGE, L. R., 1941 , TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T.

  • Production

    SMITH, W. C., AND PAGE, L. R., 1941 , TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSITS ALONG THE TRIBUTARIES OF SAND CREEK, POTATO CREEK AND BEAR GULCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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