Tin Spike Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, 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 10202103
MAS/MILS ID 0461030003
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Spike Mine
Alternate or previous names Annie No 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.58476, 43.93356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.58476, 43.93356

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 80E
    Length 30M
    Width 0.5M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N20W:80E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAK, PT 2. 1955, USBM IC 77

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7069, P 35.

  • Deposit

    HESS, FRANK L, 1908, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 380, P 142-3.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247. P 203.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR ON THE CLAIM. CASSITERITE, WOLFRAMITE BERYL OCCUR IN THE PEGMATITE AND ONLY WOLFRAMITE IS FOUND VEINS. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS (40-AND 60-FT DEEP) AND AR NECTED BY A DRIFT 105 FT LONG. ABOUT 100-200 TONS OF VEIN HAVE BEEN MINED FROM SHOOT IN 40-FT SHAFT.

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.