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First Find Claim

Prospect in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129247
MAS/MILS ID 0461030016
Record type Site
Current site name First Find Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.60636, 43.86306 (WGS84)
Elevation 1706
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

Custer(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 002 S 004 E 23 SWNE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.60636, 43.86306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 30
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P 64.

  • Deposit

    HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 142.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE AND COLUMBITE EXPOSED ON OUTCROP ALONG HIGHWAY MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SMALL PROSPECT PITS AND CUTS.

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.

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