Good Luck Claim

Prospect in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202013
MAS/MILS ID 0461030051
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.51446, 43.92416 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 10(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001 S 005 E 34 SENWNW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.51446, 43.92416

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 1 1888 P 141

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTE

  • Deposit

    G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 10 AND 26

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURVEY BULL NO 380 1909 P 152

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 140 141

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 56 58

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 10 1914 P 220

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WOLFRAMITE FERBERITE AND SCHEELITE OCCUR IN A 2 FOOT QTZ VEIN NG A GRAPHITIC MICA SCHIST. QTZ VEIN STRIKES N30W AND DIP AVERAGES 60 SW. DEVELOPMENT IS A 100 FOOT SHAFT WITH 97 FT OF DRIFTING AN 18 SE TO THE SURFACE AND A 30 FT WINZE AT 40 FT AND A 28 FT CRO T THE BASE OF THE SHAFT. EXACT PRODUCTION UNKNOWN A SMALL QUANTITY OF CONCENTRATE WAS PRODUCED IN 1907. HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references