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Dakota Tin and Gold Property

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226094
MAS/MILS ID 0460810006
Record type Site
Current site name Dakota Tin and Gold Property
Alternate or previous names John White Claim Gp

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.04028, 44.37076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.04028, 44.37076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 45W
    Width 2M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    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 N00E:45W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 810728

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Tinton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DA

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7069, P 69.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1941, TIN BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, LAWRENCE CO, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS BULL 922-T, P 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFER TO FIG 11, USBM IC 7069. REFER TO PAGE, P. 630 FOR RE MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS (50 AND 130 FT DEEP), A FT ADIT, AND A PLACER DIGGING ON POTATO CRK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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