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Tin Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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  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 10226404
MAS/MILS ID 0460330027
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.72057, 43.74686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 003 S 003 E 35 SENE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Madison Group
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chord, Roy E.
    Interest 50
    Home office Hill City, South Dakota
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter S Clifford Of Custer S. Dakota
    Interest 50
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ M H ET AL EXPLORATION FOR BERYLLIUM AT THE HELEN BERY

  • Deposit

    RN AND TIN MOUNTAIN PEGMATITES CU

  • Deposit

    STER COUNTY S DAKOTA U S G S PROF PAPER 297-C 1963 PP175-195

  • Deposit

    PAGE L R ET AL PEGMATITE INUES 1942-45 BLACK HILLS S DAKOTA

  • Deposit

    OF PAPER 247 1953 PP197-201

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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.

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