Good Luck, Success, Cleveland Claims

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055554
MRDS ID SD02133
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck, Success, Cleveland Claims
Alternate or previous names American Tungsten Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.51723, 43.92607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 3 MI EAST-NORTHEAST 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 27,34 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 , SEC. 27 AND NW 1/4 , SEC 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.51723, 43.92607

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip NE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wabel, Arthur

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SUCCESS CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND A 25 FOOT SHAFT; THE GOOD LUCK CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A 100 - FOOT SHAFT, WITH 97 FEET OF DRIFTING, AN 18 FOOT RAISE, A 30 - FOOT INCLINE WINZE, ON THE 40 - FOOT LEVEL, AND A 28 - FOOT CROSS CUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. THE CLEVELAND CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, TOTALING 148 ACRES ; ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US 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 MEASUREMENTS ARE FOR 3 DIFFERENT CLAIMS: SUCCESS WHOSE STRIKE IS N 45 DEG W AND DIP IS NE; GOOD LUCK WHOSE STRIKE IS N 30 DEG W AND DIP IS 60 DEG SW; AND CLEVELAND WHOSE STRIKE IS N 30 DEG W AND DIP IS NE

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.