Giant-Volney Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tantalum, Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Tin
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104237
MRDS ID SD02200
Record type Site
Current site name Giant-Volney Mine
Related records 10202513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.04891, 44.37663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NEAR TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(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 Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 001E 19 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Feldspar Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Columbite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Lithiophilite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Tantalite Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline 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) -104.04891, 44.37663

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form COALESCING DIKES
    Strike SLIGHTLY WEST OF NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY TO THE WEST
    Length 457.2M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • South End Of A Mass Of Coalescing Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tinton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Hills Tin Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TANTALUM MINE, CONSISTS OF A LARGE GLORY HOLE, A 60 FT INCLINED SHAFT, AND ABOUT 200 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. ALSO, THERE ARE THREE ADITS.

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING BY THE BUREAU OF MINES IN 1939-40 CONSISTED OF 1122 FT OF EXPLORATORY HOLE BEYOND AND BELOW THE PRESENT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.C., AND PAGE, L.R., 1941, TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTRY, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T, PAGE 595-630

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 { SMITH, W.C., AND PAGE, L.R., 1941, TIN BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922 -T, PAGE 595-630

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 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