| Deposit ID | 10275068 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0461030009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Coats Claim |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.60307, 43.92466 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1625 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 001 S | 004 E | 35 | C N2NE | South Dakota |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Graphite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Wolframite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -103.60307, 43.92466 |
|---|
| Dip | 75E | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1884 |
| Year of first production | 1889 |
| District name | Hill City District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Public Domain-U S Forest Service |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | South Dakota |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0461030009 |
BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2, 1955, USBM IC
P 53.
GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH
USBM IC 7069. P 22-4.
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 1 P 147
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 62
THOMAS CAPT J HARNEY PEAK TIN MINES,ENG AND MIN JOUR VOL 54
514
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REFER TO FIG 4 (USBM IC 7069) FOR PLAN VIEW OF COATS DIKE. SMALL STOPE OF RICH CASSITERITE ORE MINED OUT ON 60-FT LEVEL 1889. CASSITERITE ASSOCIATED WITH PEARLY MICA. TRACES OF FRAMITE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN VEIN. MOST VEIN MATERIAL IS QUA MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS (400 AND 110 FT DEEP) FLOO A 20-FT LONG ADIT AND A 25-FT OPEN CUT. UNZONED PEGMATITE DIKE OF QTZ MUSC BIOT AB AND PLAG,DIPPING CASSITERITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MICA AND DISSEM IN QTZ TRACES OF WOLFRAMITE HAVE BEEN REPORTED A 6 FT BY 12 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK 400 FT AND EXTENSIVE DRIFTING NE ON THE 60 125 AND 225 FOOT LEVELS BELOW 225 THE SHAFT IS NO LONGER IN THE VEIN IN 1888 2670 LBS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED AND AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT WA IN 1889 HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY AT PROPERTY SINCE 1894 AT LEAST TOP 100 FT OF SHAFT STILL ACCESSIBLE HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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