| Deposit ID | 10299425 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0461030008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cassiterite Lode |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.58446, 43.93776 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1585 |
| 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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -103.58446, 43.93776 |
|---|
| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 55E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 23M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hill City District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0461030008 |
BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM IC
P 57.
PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 89-90.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REFER TO FIG 10, P 90 (USGS PP 247) FOR PLAN VIEW OF CASSITE CASSITERITE OCCURS WITH MUSCOVITE AND BERYL. LENTICULAR NATU LODE AND SMALL SIZE OF VEIN PRECLUDE CASSITERITE AND BERYL MINED AS ORE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS 12-, 25-, AND 30-FT DEEP A TRENCH 75 FT LONG |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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