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Keenan Properties Placer

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Tantalum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055533
MRDS ID SD02103
Record type Site
Current site name Keenan Properties Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.03364, 44.37079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1809
Relative position 1 MI SOUTHEAST 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

Old Baldy Mountain(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 19,29,30 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.03364, 44.37079
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Locations

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1876

Mining district

District name Tinton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peggy Keenan

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF CONCENTRATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GROUND EXTENDS 1 MI EAST ALONG POTATO CREEK AND 3 MI NORTH ALONG BEAR GULCH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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