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Szar, Szar 1, Szar 2

Past Producer in Custer 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 10011986
MRDS ID D007207
Record type Site
Current site name Szar, Szar 1, Szar 2
Alternate or previous names Japanzy, Tenderfoot Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64335, 43.83274 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ON THE WEST SIDE OF TENDERFOOT GULCH ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN HILL CITY AND CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA ON U.S. HIGHWAY 16-A.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 004E 33 E2 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Staurolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.64335, 43.83274
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 E
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1888

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bert Robinson
    Home office Custer, S.D.

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: 5 OR 10 25-TON CARS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 303.58M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FEET OF DRIFTING AND TWO ADITS UP THE SLOPE INTERSECT THE 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

  • 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 SOME RICH FLOAT BOULDERS WERE NOTED BELOW THE OUTCROP. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

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