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Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1

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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055635
MRDS ID SD02237
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58139, 43.92913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHWEST 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 004E 25 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
Cassiterite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz 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) -103.58139, 43.92913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form THREE LENSES
    Strike N 57 W
    Dip 60 NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Operator
    Owner Barium Stainless Steel Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A TRENCH AND A SHAFT. THE TIN CHANCE NO. 1 CONSISTS OF 2 OPEN PITS AND TRENCHING.

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 THE OTHER TWO LENSES ARE 50 AND 40 FEET LONG AND 1 TO 2 FEET WIDE. TIN CHANCE NO. 1 - THE VEIN IS 80 FT LONG AND 2 FT WIDE. IT STRIKES N 45 W AND DIPS 70NE. CASSITERITE OCCURS BOTH IN CRYSTALS AND IN MASSES UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS.

Reporter information

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

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