The Beaver Creek Mining Company is a tin mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,479 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 44.38861, -104.01167
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Beaver Creek Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaver Creek Mining Company
Secondary: Lineal Lodes
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Tinton 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: Beaver Creek Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tin
Comments
Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED CLAIMS - THE COMPANY FORMED IN 1934 AND DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED THROUGH 1935 .
Comment (Workings): THE 150 FT. OF WORKINGS WERE EXPLORATORY DRIFTING IN PORPHYRY.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W. C., AND PAGE, L. R., 1941 , TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T.
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