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Tin King Group

Occurrence in Pennington 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055634
MRDS ID SD02236
Record type Site
Current site name Tin King Group
Alternate or previous names Tin City Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61779, 43.86885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position AT OREVILLE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF TENDERFOOT GULCH WITH SPRING CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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 002S 004E 14,15,22,23 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE CORNER COMMON TO ALL FOUR SECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Feldspar Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61779, 43.86885
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKES
    Strike NE
    Dip 65 W
    Length 35.05M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE-GRAINED PEGMATITE WITH SEGREGATIONS OF FELDSPAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 1.83M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OPENCUT IS 6 FT DEEP. THE SECOND SHAFT IS 6 FT IN DEPTH. THE EASTERN DIKE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A 70 FT SHAFT AND A 10 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • THREE PATENTED 10 ACRE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. 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 TWO PEGMATITE DIKES. THE EASTERN DIKE (350 FT TO THE EAST) STRIKES NORTH-SOUTH AND DIPS 30 DEGREES WEST. IT IS 3 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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