The Cowboy Lodes is a tin mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 43.92667, -103.59750
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Cowboy Lodes MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cowboy Lodes
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: National Tin Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Year Last Production: 1920
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN 1888 A TEST SHIPMENT WAS SENT TO ENGLAND AND INDICATED ABOUT 0.5 % TIN
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM 17 - SEVERAL TONS OF CONCENTRATE.
Comment (Commodity): CASSITERITE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH FINE-GRAINED MICA. MUCH BROKEN ORE IS SAID TO REMAIN IN THE LOWER STOPES.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 OF SEC 36 AND COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 25, 26, 35, 36
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-MICA VEIN, TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 200 FT AND 425 FT ON THE 100 FOOT LEVEL; NARROWS WITH DEPTH. AVERAGE STOPING WIDTH 2.5 FT. CASSITERITE IS FOUND IN 2 LARGE SHOOTS. THREE PATENTED 10 ACRE CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): A 100 FOOT AND A 300 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH RAISES AND 2150 FEET OF LATERAL WORKINGS. STOPING DONE AT 100 FOOT LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE 100 AND 200 FOOT LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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