The Keenan Properties Placer is a gold, tungsten, tin, and tantalum mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,935 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,935 Feet (1,809 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Tantalum
Lat, Long: 44.37083, -104.03306
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Keenan Properties Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keenan Properties Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Tin
Primary: Tantalum
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Peggy Keenan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 OF SEC. 30
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF CONCENTRATES
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GROUND EXTENDS 1 MI EAST ALONG POTATO CREEK AND 3 MI NORTH ALONG BEAR GULCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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