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Blue Bird

Occurrence 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275403
MAS/MILS ID 0461030004
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.57476, 43.90416 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hill City(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
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Metamorphosed Black Shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 65E
    Thickness 12M
    Width 4M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    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 :65E
    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

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE DIPS 65 DEG EAST AND IS CRUSHED AND PINCHED OUT AT DOWNDIP. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN THE VEIN-LIKE PORTIONS OF D MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS AND DRIFTS TO LOCATE FAULTED TION OF DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA PART 2. 1955, USBM I

  • Deposit

    P 53.

  • Deposit

    HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 380, P 137.

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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