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4 Claims - White Whale, Collossal

Prospect 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226268
MAS/MILS ID 0461030035
Record type Site
Current site name 4 Claims - White Whale, Collossal
Alternate or previous names La Grande, Mewonitok, White Whale Gp

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.56166, 43.92636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.56166, 43.92636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 61M
    Width 5M
    Area 1HA
    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
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7069, P 30-1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST PEGMATITE DIKE LOCATED ON WHITE WHALE CLAIM (SEE REC CASSITERITE FOUND AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS - 20, 40, AND 75 FT DEEP, AND A DRIFT (OFF FROM 40-FT SHAFT) APPROXIMATELY 250-FT LO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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