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Pettit and Pfander's Claim

Prospect in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275388
MAS/MILS ID 0461030066
Record type Site
Current site name Pettit and Pfander's Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.54446, 43.90436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
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 002 S 005 E 05 NENWSE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.54446, 43.90436
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 30 FT PEGMATITE DIKE CUT BY GOUGE ZONE UP TO 3 FT THICK AND SMALL TUNGSTEN BEARING QTZ VEINS GOUGE IS RESIDUAL MATERIAL OF EXTREMELY WEATHERED TUNGSTEN D WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS ARE COATED WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE O SOME SCHGELITE ALSO OCCURS ON WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS DEVELOPMENT IS ONE 20 FT SHAFT AND A 10FT BY 25 FT CUT ON PE NO REPORTED PRODUCTION HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain-Us Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNG

  • Deposit

    NING IN S DAKOTA P 28

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURVEY BULL 380 1909 P 153 154

  • Deposit

    S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 P 155

  • Deposit

    S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 52 53

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES INF CIRC 7707 P 49

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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