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Tin City -Part of Tin Plate Gp.

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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 10178164
MAS/MILS ID 0461030030
Record type Site
Current site name Tin City -Part of Tin Plate Gp.
Alternate or previous names Tin King Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.63057, 43.86246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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
Feldspar Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.63057, 43.86246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 65E
    Length 35M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:65E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Oreville District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2, 1955, USBM IC

  • Deposit

    P 62.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM 1C 7069, P 39.

  • Deposit

    HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA, USGS BULL 380, P 139.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PEGMATITE DIKES ARE EXPOSED ON PROPERTY. BOTH DIKES SHOW MINOR OCCURRENCES OF CASSITERITE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 TRENCHES AND 2 SHAFTS (70 AND 10 DEEP)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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