Addie Lode

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tin
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055558
MRDS ID SD02138
Record type Site
Current site name Addie Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.52167, 43.92746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1519
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY, S.D.

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 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tin 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.52167, 43.92746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 65 DEG NE
    Thickness 2.74M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New El Dorado Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY AN 800 FOOT, 3 - COMPARTMENT SHAFT WITH EXTENSIVE DRIFTING DONE ON THE 135 - , 200 - , 300 - , AND 400 - FOOT LEVELS. A RAISE TO THE SURFACE FROM THE 200 - FOOT LEVEL IS LOCATED 200 FEET SOUTH OF THE MAIN SHAFT. THE MAIN SHAFT IS CAVED IN.

Comments on development

  • CONSITS OF 1 PATENTED 10 ACRE CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 .

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.

External references