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Beaver Creek Mining Company

Occurrence in Lawrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055499
MRDS ID SD02056
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Creek Mining Company
Alternate or previous names Lineal Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.01225, 44.38857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 2 MI. NORTHEAST OF TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 001E 17 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.01225, 44.38857
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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 Tinton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Beaver Creek Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 150 FT. OF WORKINGS WERE EXPLORATORY DRIFTING IN PORPHYRY.

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED CLAIMS - THE COMPANY FORMED IN 1934 AND DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED THROUGH 1935 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W. C., AND PAGE, L. R., 1941 , TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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