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Rough and Ready

Past Producer in Lawrence 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. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299304
MRDS ID SD02191
MAS/MILS ID 0460810015
Record type Site
Current site name Rough and Ready
Related records 10104235

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.05308, 44.37966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.05308, 44.37966
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 5M
    Length 50M
    Width 15M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N35W:55W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830606

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1884
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1903
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Tinton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Filmore, Charles
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED 13,000 METRIC TONS TIN ORE YIELDING 47.6 METRIC TONS TIN PRIOR TO 1911. THE ONLY OTHER PRODUCTION WAS IN 1928 WHEN 147 KILOGRAMS OF TIN WAS PRODUCED BY OPEN-CUT MINING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1941
    Indicated 61700mt ore
    Demonstrated 61700mt ore
    Total resources 61700mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.32 wt-pct Tin Major 1941
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1939
    Total resources 302400mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.29 wt-pct Tin Major 1939

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTED GRADE AT THE 75 PERCENT LEVEL. GRADE FOR 50 PERCENT LEVEL AND BELOW IS 0.22 PERCENT SN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 64.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 3.7
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.44
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 180
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED TO BE 10 HECTARES. WORKING SEASON ASSUMED TO BE FOR 9 MONTHS; MINE SHUT DOWN DURING WINTER MONTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENVER EQUIPMENT COMPANY. TIN RECOVERY. FLOWSHEET STUDY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN NO. M7-F87, 1963, 2 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. BUMINES IC 7069, 1939, 78 PP.

  • Deposit

    JAHN, W.F., AND P.E. PESONEN. INVESTIGATION OF TIN-BEARING

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITES IN THE TINTON AREA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA. BUMINES RI 4484, JULY 1949, 25 PP.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.C., AND L.R. PAGE. TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE

  • Deposit

    TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-T, 1941, 37 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS CONTAINED IN 3 SEPARATE ORE BODIES. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE THE AVERAGE FOR THE 3 ORE BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 D R S U.S. Bureau of Mines

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