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Blue Bird Claim

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094445
MRDS ID D007211
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61807, 43.91913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES 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 34,35 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER EAST EDGE OF SEC. 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz 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 Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61807, 43.91913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Is Cut Off By Faulting At Depth Of 40 Feet. The Offset Portion Has Not Been Located.

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip 65 E
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

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 Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling, And Manufacturing Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW FEET OF SINKING AND DRIFTING IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE THE OFFSET SEGMENT OF THE DIKE.

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 ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. THE DIKE IS CUT BY NARROW VEIN-LIKE SEGREGATIONS OF MUSCOVITE, QUARTZ AND A LITTLE FELDSPAR. CASSITERITE OCCURS WITH THE MICA AS IRREGULAR GRAINS AND SMALL EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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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