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Giant-Volney Pegmatite

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202513
MRDS ID SD02200
MAS/MILS ID 0460810011
Record type Site
Current site name Giant-Volney Pegmatite
Alternate or previous names Tantalum Hill Pegmatite, Giant Pegmatite
Related records 10104237

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES:TANTALUM HILL PEGMATITE, GIANT PEGMATITE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.05668, 44.37636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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 Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown
Tantalite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.05668, 44.37636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 26M
    Length 100M
    Width 61M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    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
    Strike And Dip N00W:45W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 830807

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE EXTENT OF THE PEGMATITE DOWN-DIP IS 49 TO 73 METERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1876
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1903
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Tinton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Filmore, Charles
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Sleep
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED TO BE 4 HECTARES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 3.7
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.84
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 180
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING SEASON ASSUMED TO BE FOR 9 MONTHS; MINE SHUT DOWN DURING WINTER MONTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D. TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. BUMINES IC 7069, APRIL 1939, 71 PP.

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS, J.R. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS TIN CO., TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 7084, JULY 1939, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    JAHN, W.F., AND P.E. PESONEN. INVESTIGATION OF TIN-BEARING

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITES IN THE TINTON AREA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. BUMINES RI 4484, JULY 1949, 25 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.I. TANTALUM FROM THE BLACK HILLS. ENG. AND MIN.

  • Deposit

    J., V. 139, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1938, PP. 39-42.

  • Deposit

    NELLIS, D.A. TANTALUM IN THE VOLNEY PEGMATITE, TINTON,

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    SOUTH DAKOTA: A GEOCHEMICAL STUDY. PH. D. DISSERTA-

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    TION, BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS.,

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    1973, 173 PP.

  • Deposit

    RUNKE, S.M., D.H. MULLEN, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESS

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    REPORT ON PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FOR

  • Deposit

    FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1951. BUMINES RI 4928,

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 1952, PP.. 27-29.

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    RUNKE, S.M., E.O. BINYON, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESS

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    FISCAL YEARS 1952-53. BUMINES RI 5061, JUNE 1954,

  • Deposit

    PP. 18-19.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.C., AND L.R. PAGE. TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE

  • Deposit

    TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-T, 1941, 37 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA: PART I (IN TWO PARTS). IC 7688, JULY 1954,

  • Deposit

    PP. 71-73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED AT EFOC. A COLUMBITE-TANTALITE ENRICHED ZONE OCCURS SUBJACENT TO THE SPODUMENE-QUARTZ ORE BODY. THIS ZONE IS LOW GRADE AND NEEDS FURTHER EXPLORATION TO DEVELOP A RESOURCE TONNAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Takosky, P. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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