| Deposit ID | 10153503 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0461030020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Samelias Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Hopeful Claims, Goodhope Nos 1 + 2 Claims |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.48366, 43.91826 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1524 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pennington(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Rushmore(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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -103.48366, 43.91826 |
|---|
| Strike | N00W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| District name | Keystone Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0461030020 |
BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM 1C
P 51-2.
GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D
USBM 1C 7069. P 36-8.
HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 121.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO PARALLEL DIKES AVERAGING 100 FT LONG AND 3 FT WIDE CONTA CASSITERITE IN QUARTZ. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHAFTS (100 FT -CAVED, 90 FT, 50 AND 40 FT DEEP), ONE TRENCH 90 FT LONG AND NUMEROUS PROSP PITS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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