Tin Chance and Tin Chance No 1

Prospect in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10178163
MAS/MILS ID 0461030029
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Chance and Tin Chance No 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.58276, 43.92936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.58276, 43.92936

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 60E
    Length 18M
    Width 0.6M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:60E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-1

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 197.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFER TO FIG 33 (PP 247, P 198) FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF VEINS. TIN CHANCE VEIN CONSIST OF 3 INDIVIDUAL LENSES - ALL CONTAIN CASSITERITE AND BERYL. ONE VEIN ON TIN CHANCE NO 1 CONTA TUNGSTEN. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS (EACH 10-FT DEEP) TWO SH TRENCHES, AND ONE LARGE TRENCH 180 FT LONG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.