Da

Prospect in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lithium, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129171
MAS/MILS ID 0461030021
Record type Site
Current site name Da

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.52196, 43.93026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.52196, 43.93026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 60W
    Length 183M
    Width 2.4M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:60W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM I

  • Deposit

    P 64-5.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE AND SPODUMENE ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PEGMA MINE WORKINGS CONSISTS OF 3 SHAFTS (80 FT-CAVED, 15 FT AND 1 DEEP).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references