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February Group

Occurrence 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. 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 10012485
MRDS ID D008134
Record type Site
Current site name February Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.53639, 43.92496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI SOUTHEAST 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 28,32,33 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SCATTERED CLAIMS IN SECTION 33 AND EXTENDING INTO SECTIONS TO THE NORTH AND WEST. CLOSE TO THE ADDIE LODE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result 13 POUNDS CASSITERITE PER LONG TON (FROM A SINGLE SAMPLE).

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) -103.53639, 43.92496
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling, And Manufacturing Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100-FOOT SHAFT IN NO. 2 LODE AND A 100-FOOT SHAFT IN ONE OF THE DIKES NEAR THE NORTH END.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SCATTERED CLAIMS, 7 ARE PATENTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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