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Spearfish Claim Gp

Prospect in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129052
MAS/MILS ID 0460810017
Record type Site
Current site name Spearfish Claim Gp
Alternate or previous names Claims - Van, Yosemite, Centaur,, Iron and Spearfish

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.04028, 44.37716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.04028, 44.37716
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 108M
    Length 69M
    Width 3.4M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20E:50W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Mining district

District name Tinton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7069, P 62-4.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, LINCOLN R, AND WARD C SMITH, 1941, TIN-DEARING PEGMATI

  • Deposit

    THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE CO, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS BULL

  • Deposit

    P 628-9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM GP COVERS AT LEAST 10 CASSITERITE-BEARING PEGMATITES. DI REFER TO FIG 11, USBM IC 7069 FOR DEPOSIT LOCATION MINE WORKINGS IN CLAIM GP INCLUDES 2 ADITS EACH 400-FT LONG, 60-FT LONG ADIT AND 2 SHAFTS EACH 45 FT DEEP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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