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Hopeful

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 10055696
MRDS ID SD02315
Record type Site
Current site name Hopeful
Alternate or previous names Samelias, Goodhope Nos. 1 & 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.48389, 43.92302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position MIDWAY BETWEEN HILL CITY AND KEYSTONE, 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

Mount Rushmore(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 35 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.48389, 43.92302
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-SHAPED
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 22.86M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hardesty, H. G. And B. A.

Comments on the production information

  • 1880'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX SHAFTS: DIKE ONE-100, 40, AND 35 FEET DEEP; DIKE TWO-100, 40, AND 15 FEET DEEP. ALL ARE INACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF CAVING OR WATER.

Comments on development

  • TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 40 ACRES ; ECON.COM: IN 1888 A TEST SHIPMENT WAS SENT TO ENGLAND

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 QUARTZ MICA VEIN. CLAIM NO. 2 VEIN IS 115 FEET LONG AND 3.5 FEET WIDE. THE VEINS ARE ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL IN STRIKE AND DIP STEEPLY TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AT THE SHAFTS.

Reporter information

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

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