Black Metal Group

Prospect in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299613
MAS/MILS ID 0461030005
Record type Site
Current site name Black Metal Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.55496, 43.94886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

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
Fairbanks 001 S 005 E 20 W2 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.55496, 43.94886

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 90N
    Length 30M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    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
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N80W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hill City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bradley, Al
    Interest 50
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sold By Bradly As Summer Home Sites
    Interest 50
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P 36.

  • Deposit

    HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 380, P 150-2.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 16 1929 P 202

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS T B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TIN DEP

  • Deposit

    F SOUTH DAKOTA P 29

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTE

  • Deposit

    G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 24-25

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURVEY BULL 380 1909 P 150 152

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 127

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 59 61

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR TROUGHOUT 9 CLAIMS CONTAINING WO FRAMITE, SCHEELITE AND CASSITERITE. VEINS ARE LESS THAN 1 AND HAVE A GENERAL EAST-WEST STRIKE WITH VERTICAL DIPS. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS 47- AND 65-FT DEEP, 60-FT (AT BOTTOM OF 65-FT SHAFT), MANY TRENCHES AND SHALLOW TEST A NUMBER OF QTZ VEINS FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES IN WIDTH OCCUR IN ST WOLFRAMITE SCHGELITE AND CASSITERITE OCCUR WITH PYRITE MICA RMALINE IN THE QTZ ONE VEIN HAS BEEN EXPOSED BY 60 FT OF TRENCHING AND A 47 FT ANOTHER VEIN HAS A 65 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A DRIFT EXTENDI T NORTH AND 30 FT SOUTH AT ITS BASE SEVERAL OTHER VEINS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED BY PITS AND EXPLORATOR HES ON THE PROPERTY NO PRODUCTION IS RECORDED SHAFTS AND MAJOR PITS ARE NOW FILLED IN LOCATION OF PROSPECT IS OF PIT SAMPLED THOUGH PROPERTY INCLU ROX 180 ACRES BACKUP FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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