Elkhorn Tungsten Property

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201967
MAS/MILS ID 0461030050
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhorn Tungsten Property
Alternate or previous names Black Hills Tungsten Mining and M, Illing Co Property, Ack Hills,Black Hills Tungsten Co., Heart of the Black Hills

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.50526, 43.91386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1627

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001 S 005 E 34 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.50526, 43.91386

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Brechtel Of
    Home office Sturgis, Sd
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Deter Himmel Of Hill City
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTE

  • Deposit

    G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 10 AND 11,14 AND 26-27.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 142

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 54 TO 56

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINALLY 5 TUNGSTEN-BEARING QTZ VEINS STRIKING NW AND DIPP WESTERN MOST VEIN WAS LENS SHAPED A MINED OUT ANOTHER VEIN 24 INCHES THICK HAS EXTENSIVE DRIFTING CROSSCUT D RAISING AT 90 FT LEVEL. ALL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE NOW. 3 VEINS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED BY OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS. A TOTAL OF 13400 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE WAS REMOVED BETWEEN 19 1918 WHEN THE LAST RECORDED PRODUCTION OCCURED. HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-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.