| Deposit ID | 10177586 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0461030010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cowboy Tin Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.59777, 43.92776 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1597 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -103.59777, 43.92776 |
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| Strike | N65W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 70N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 46M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1884 |
| Year of first production | 1884 |
| District name | Hill City District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 2000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0461030010 |
BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM IC
P 55.
GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D
USBM IC 7069, P 16-22.
PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 91-4.
COWBOY TIN MINE, 1945, WAR MINERALS REPORT 377, 7PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REFER TO FIGS 1-3 (WMR 377), FIGS 11+12 (PP 247, P 93-4) AND (IC 7069) FOR PLAN AND SECTIONAL VIEWS OF COWBOY TIN MINE. RESERVE ESTIMATES MADE BY BUR OF MINES STAFF (WMR 377, P 6) SH TONS AT 0.46 SR AND 640 SH TONS BROKEN ORE IN STOPES. TONS ADDED TO TOTAL FOR INFERRED. COWBOY DEPOSIT IS A WELL-DEFINED PEGMATITE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE- CASSITERITE VEIN. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN A GREISEN-TYPE VE WITHIN THE PEGMATITE. THESE CASSITERITE SEAMS ARE OF SHOR ICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS AND ARE IRREGULAR IN OCCURR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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