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Tin Queen

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Lithium, Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Tantalum
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055659
MRDS ID SD02267
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Queen
Alternate or previous names White Blowout

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.59612, 43.86635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTHEAST 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

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 24 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4. CLOSE TO THE ST. ELMO AND CLARA BELLE GOLD MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Amblygonite Ore
Biotite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Pollucite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vivianite 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) -103.59612, 43.86635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR DIKE
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip WEST
    Length 56.39M
    Width 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • THE DIKE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE PRODUCER OF SHEET MICA, SCRAP MICA, BERYL,FELDSPAR, AMBLYGONITE AND COLUMBITE-TANTALITE.

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

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLSSOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY ZONED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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