The Wood Tin Lode is a mica, feldspar, lithium, and beryllium mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,341 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,341 Feet (1,323 Meters)
Commodity: Mica, Feldspar, Lithium, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.87528, -103.36083
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Wood Tin Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wood Tin Lode
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Lithium
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry A. Linde
Owner Name: Maywood Chemical Works
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR DIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Spodumene
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Lepidolite
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Vivianite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM 8:2 CARLOADS OF SPODUMENE-ITEM 9-12: BEFORE NOV. 1, 1942. ITEM 1: JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1943. ITEM 13: NOVEMBER 1943 TO AUGUST 1944. ITEM 14: AUGUST 1944 TO JANUARY 1945.
Comment (Development): 20 - ACRE PATENTED LODE ; ECON.COM: SPODUMENE COMPRISES 5 PERCENT OF THE CORE
Comment (Deposit): OUTER ZONES CONSIST OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE & MUSCOVITE. BERYL CRYSTALS 10-24 INCHES IN DIAMETER. CORE OF 40 FT CONSISTS OF QUARTZ & SPODUMENE (5%).
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A SHORT TUNNEL, A RAISE AND A FEW SMALL CUTS
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SE 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, WL.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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