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Mateen

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lithium, 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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299296
MAS/MILS ID 0461030013
Record type Site
Current site name Mateen
Alternate or previous names Century Claim MS 1959, Minerals Survey No. 1959

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.57666, 43.92306 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 100(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
Lithium Critical Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Amblygonite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.57666, 43.92306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 50E
    Thickness 15M
    Length 244M
    Width 55M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 4.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25W:50E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830505

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF 3 DISTINCT MINERAL ZONES. SPUDOMENE OCCURS IN THE CENTRAL ZONE. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN THE VERY THIN OUTER ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1884
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1951
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank E. Henderson
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 8.3 HECTARES.

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimate 3088 St Ore/Year
  • Year 1952
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimate 12255 St Ore/Year
  • Year 1953
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimate 6691 St Ore/Year
  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimate 2917 St Ore/Year
  • Year 1955
    Description Ore Input 1.2 Wt% Li2o 12519 St Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Li2O Ore Lithium Lithium 13799.83mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Description Negligible

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Indicated 50729mt ore
    Demonstrated 50729mt ore
    Total resources 50729mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium LiO2 0.77 wt-pct Lithium Major 1953
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Indicated 196939mt ore
    Demonstrated 196939mt ore
    Total resources 196939mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium LiO2 0.47 wt-pct Lithium Major 1953
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Inferred 170191mt ore
    Total resources 170191mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium LiO2 0.1299 wt-pct Lithium Major 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C4=M1C1 M9C5=M2C1. MATRIX 1 GIVES RESOURCE POTENTIAL TO MAX. DEPTH OF 30M. ALL REPORTED RESOURCES ARE FOR NORTHERN DIKE ONLY; RESERVES FOR SOUTHERN DIKE ARE UNAVAILABLE. MATRIX 2 GIVES RESOURCE POTENTIAL FOR ORE BETWEEN 30-76M.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 64.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 4.5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 3.7
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.44
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 180
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING SEASON ASSUMED TO BE FOR 9 MONTHS; MINE SHUT DOWN WHERE NECESSARY IN WINTER MONTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWNING, J.S. SPODUMENE--MAJOR SOURCE OF LITHIUM. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 7824, 1958, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

    GRIES, J.P. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLACK HILLS AREA,

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING. BUMINES IC 8660, 1974, 61 PP.

  • Deposit

    LANDOLT, P.E. LITHIUM MINERALS PROVIDE UNIQUE INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    RAW MATERIAL. MIN. ENG., V. 3, DECEMBER 1951,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1045-1048.

  • Deposit

    MUNSON, G.A., AND F.F. CLARKE. MINING AND CONCENTRATING

  • Deposit

    SPODUMENE IN THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. MIN. ENG.,

  • Deposit

    V. 7, NOVEMBER 1955, PP. 1041-1045.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, L.R., ET AL. PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-1945,

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 247, 1953, 228 PP.

  • Deposit

    RUNKE, S.M., E.O. BINYON, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESS

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 5061, JUNE 1954, PP. 17-18.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BLACK HILLS MINERALS ATLAS, SOUTH

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA: PART 2. IC 7077, MAY 1955, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    ----------. INVESTIGATION OF THE MATEEN SPODUMENE DEPOSIT,

  • Deposit

    PENNINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. RI 4339, JULY 1948,

  • Deposit

    20 PP.

  • Deposit

    ----------. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1950-1955. CHAPTER ON THE

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. CONGRESS, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR

  • Deposit

    AFFAIRS. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. 88TH CONG., 2D SESS., 1964, 295 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT EVALUATED BY EFOC. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 6 SHAFTS (ONE IS 200 FT DEEP AND TH OTHERS ARE LESS THAN 50 FT DEEP) AND NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS. ORE BODY DIMENSIONS ARE FOR THE NORTHERN DIKE ONLY, DIMENSIONS FOR THE SOUTHERN DIKE ARE UNAVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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