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Forest City Claim

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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 10251040
MAS/MILS ID 0461030017
Record type Site
Current site name Forest City Claim
Alternate or previous names Clara Bell Mine, Golden Arrow

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.59836, 43.86716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.59836, 43.86716
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 45W
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N45E:45W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 970109

Comments on the geologic information

  • REFER TO FIG 8 (USGS BULL 380, P 141) FOR SKETCH OF QUARTZ V. CASSITERITE FOUND IN PEGMATITE VEIN RELATED TO A GOLD-BEARI QUARTZ VEIN. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN SEGREGATIONS OF GRANUL AND TOURMALINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS; 250 FT VERTICAL AND 97 FT INCLINED SHAFT, AND A 350 FT CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM IC

  • Deposit

    P 41.

  • Deposit

    HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 140-1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-97 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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