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Flora Lode

Occurrence in Custer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055764
MRDS ID SD02507
Record type Site
Current site name Flora Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.54306, 43.7419 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cicero Peak(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 003S 005E 32 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Mica Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stained

Analytical data

Result 39 POUNDS OF CASSITERITE PER LONG TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.54306, 43.7419
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling And Manufacturing Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 30 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 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

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