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White Whale Group

Past 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10011976
MRDS ID D007193
Record type Site
Current site name White Whale Group
Alternate or previous names White Whale No. 1, La Grande, Mewanitoc, Colossal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.56167, 43.92635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MI EAST 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 005E 30,31 SE (30); NE (31) South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Mica Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.56167, 43.92635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL GRAINS OF CASSITERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FELDSPAR AND MICA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
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 Harney Peak Co.

Comments on the production information

  • FROM THE MEWONITOC

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE COLOSSAL WAS DEVELOPED BY A 20 FT SHAFT AND A 75 FT ADIT. THE MEWONITOC HAD A 300 - 400 FT DRIFT, 40 FT SHAFT, AND AN OPENCUT. THE WHITE WHALE NO. 1 HAD A 75 FT INCLINED SHAFT.

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.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

  • 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 4 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 40 ACRES. THE COLOSSAL PART OF THE DIKE WAS 10 - 15 FT WIDE. THE MEWONITOC AVERAGES 8 FT AND THE WHITE WHALE NO. 1 WAS 15 FT WIDE AND 200 FT LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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