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Champion Property Pennington and Smith

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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 10094442
MRDS ID D007174
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Property Pennington and Smith

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.5025, 43.93079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.5 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

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 005E 27 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.5025, 43.93079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CLAIM IS A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 2 FEET IN THICKNESS THAT YIELDS GOOD WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS

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 Owner
    Owner Pennington And Smith

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 OR 6 OLD CUTS AND A 10 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT. A 15 FOOT PROSPECT HOLE WAS OPENED UP ON THE QUARTZ VEIN AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY

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 COARSE, HIGH QUARTZ, WITH OCCASIONAL NARROW SCHIST INCLUSIONS TOWARD THE SOUTH END THE DIKE AND SCHIST BECOME CONFORMABLE. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES. THE QUARTZ VEIN IS 1-2 FEET THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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