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Part of Tin Plate Gp

Producer in Pennington 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251614
MAS/MILS ID 0461030026
Record type Site
Current site name Part of Tin Plate Gp
Alternate or previous names Sally Cavanaugh

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.62667, 43.86886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.62667, 43.86886
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 70W
    Length 91M
    Width 5M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    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 N10E:70W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • CASSITERITE FOUND AS IN SHORT MINERALIZED SHOOT WITH COARSE AND QUARTZ. ONE FACE CUT ASSAYED 15% TIN. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, 2 ADITS (CAVED), CUTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Oreville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P 61.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7069, P 38.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380. P 138-9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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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