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General Harney

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010783
MRDS ID D004753
Record type Site
Current site name General Harney
Alternate or previous names Tin Boom No. 1 and No 2, Tin Spike No. 1, Golden Slipper Tin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58556, 43.93829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 0.5 MILE WEST OF HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001S 004E 25 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4; ADJACENT TO THE MOHAWK GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Mica Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CASSITERITE OCCURS IN FELDSPAR AND ASSOCIATED WITH MICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.58556, 43.93829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKES
    Length 73.15M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Tin Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE FIGURE, YEARS UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT SHAFT WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTTING, ALSO SOME SMALLER SHAFTS AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES CASSITERITE & BERYL. ALSO, 2 SMALLER DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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