| Deposit ID | 10153195 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0461030022 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mohawk Tin Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.58116, 43.93136 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1570 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -103.58116, 43.93136 |
|---|
| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 167M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1883 |
| District name | Hill City District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0461030022 |
GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D
USBM IC 7069, P 31-3.
HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS OF
DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 143-4.
PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 160-2.
LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT
SOUTH DAK. SCH OF MINES, BULL 17, P 151.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REFER TO FIG 23 (USGS PROF PAPER 247, P,161) FOR PLAN MAP OF WORKINGS AND VEIN AND FIG 8 (IC 7069) FOR CROSS SECTIONAL OF MOHAWK VEIN. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN SHORT SMALL IRREGULAR LENS IN PEGMATIT THE MORE MICAEOUS PARTS MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 SHAFTS WITH DEPTHS OF 100, 86, 42 2 OF 10 FT DEEP (100-FT AND 42-FT SHAFTS CAVED), 2 CUTS AN 75-FT LONG TRENCH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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