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Rough and Ready Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Lithium, Feldspar, Tantalum
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104235
MRDS ID SD02191
Record type Site
Current site name Rough and Ready Mine
Related records 10299304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.05197, 44.37857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position AT 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 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Secondary
Feldspar Secondary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Columbite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Tantalite Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.05197, 44.37857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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 the workings information

  • THREE LEVELS - 1. 540 FT ADIT AND 1400 FT CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS. 2. 28 FT BELOW FIRST LEVEL 3. 60 FT BELOW ADIT LEVEL WITH A 200 FT DRIFT. A 1.55 FT INCLINED SHAFT CONNECTS THE SECOND LEVEL TO THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED IN THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE GIANT - VOLNEY PEGMATITE. BUREAU OF MINES DID 4000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1939 - 40.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

Reporter information

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

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