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Lafayette No 2

Prospect in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250581
MAS/MILS ID 0460810013
Record type Site
Current site name Lafayette No 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.06169, 44.37916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
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

Comments on the location information

  • REFER TO FIG 11 FOR CLAIM LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tantalite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.06169, 44.37916
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 60W
    Length 8M
    Width 0.3M
    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 N00W:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Tinton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E D, 1938, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7069, P 67.

Reporter information

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

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