| Deposit ID | 10104237 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02200 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Giant-Volney Mine |
| Related records | 10202513 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.04891, 44.37663 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | NEAR TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Lawrence |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 005N | 001E | 19 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| Lithium Critical | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Amblygonite | Ore |
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Lithiophilite | Ore |
| Spodumene | Ore |
| Tantalite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Beryl | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Oligoclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -104.04891, 44.37663 |
|---|
| General form | COALESCING DIKES |
|---|---|
| Strike | SLIGHTLY WEST OF NORTH |
| Dip | STEEPLY TO THE WEST |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tinton District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Black Hills Tin Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02200 |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
SMITH, W.C., AND PAGE, L.R., 1941, TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTRY, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T, PAGE 595-630
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 { SMITH, W.C., AND PAGE, L.R., 1941, TIN BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922 -T, PAGE 595-630
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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