Winner Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10055553
MRDS ID SD02131
Record type Site
Current site name Winner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.02614, 44.39829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2.5 MILES 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

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 ON DIVIDE BETWEEN BEAVER AND BEAR CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schists
    Rock description Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.02614, 44.39829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Winner Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO LODE PRODUCTION REPORTED BUT SOME STREAM TIN PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 4,000 FEET OF EXPLORATORY TUNNELS. SHAFTS, AND CUTS IS REPORTED. THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 200 FEET; THE LONGEST DRIFT ABOUT 400 FEET IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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