| Deposit ID | 10177734 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0461030018 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gertie Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.58556, 43.91966 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1561 |
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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alabandite | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -103.58556, 43.91966 |
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| Strike | N25W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 65W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 91M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1883 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Hill City District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0461030018 |
BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PART 2. 1955, USBM
P 52.
GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D
USBM IC 7069, P 24-7.
HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS OF
SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 135-7.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEGMATITE HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON A SURFACE FOR 150 FT. THE SHA BODY IS AN IRREGULAR LENS. CASSITERITE AND TOURMALINE OCCU SMALL AMOUNTS AS ACCESSORY MINERALS. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 500-FT INCLINE SHAFT (WITH STOPING 100-, 200-, 300- AND 400-FT LEVELS) AND A 200-FT ADIT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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