Wasp No 2 Group

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177421
MAS/MILS ID 0460810032
Record type Site
Current site name Wasp No 2 Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.75887, 44.32356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1870

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004 N 003 E 09 E2 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.75887, 44.32356

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Lead, Sd
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLSMAN P T 1940 RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD MINING DISTRICTS IN

  • Deposit

    CK HILLS S DAKOTA BUMINES BULL 427 P 40

  • Deposit

    CONNOLLY J P AND OHARRA L C MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK HILL

  • Deposit

    CHOOL OF MINES BULL 16 PP 145 146

  • Deposit

    IRVING J D AND OTHERS 1902 ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NORTHER

  • Deposit

    HILLS USGS PP 26 PP 163 169 AND 211-212.

  • Deposit

    RUNNER J J AND HARTMANN M L THE OCCURRENCE CHEMISTRY METALLU

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    USES OF TUNGSTEN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BLACK HILLS

  • Deposit

    H DAKOTA:S DAK SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 PP 74 75.

  • Deposit

    S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTEN MINING IN SOUTH DAK

  • Deposit

    3,11,15,19,29.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAK STATE MINE INSPECTOR ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1915,1916,

  • Deposit

    U S BUMINES STAFF REGION V BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S DAK P

  • Deposit

    CIRC 7688 P 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-1983 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.