The Good Luck, Success, Cleveland Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 43.92611, -103.51667
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Good Luck, Success, Cleveland Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Luck, Success, Cleveland Claims
Secondary: American Tungsten Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Unorganized 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wabel, Arthur
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
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: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Ferberite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, TOTALING 148 ACRES ; ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP CONCENTRATION
Comment (Deposit): MEASUREMENTS ARE FOR 3 DIFFERENT CLAIMS: SUCCESS WHOSE STRIKE IS N 45 DEG W AND DIP IS NE; GOOD LUCK WHOSE STRIKE IS N 30 DEG W AND DIP IS 60 DEG SW; AND CLEVELAND WHOSE STRIKE IS N 30 DEG W AND DIP IS NE
Comment (Workings): THE SUCCESS CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND A 25 FOOT SHAFT; THE GOOD LUCK CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A 100 - FOOT SHAFT, WITH 97 FEET OF DRIFTING, AN 18 FOOT RAISE, A 30 - FOOT INCLINE WINZE, ON THE 40 - FOOT LEVEL, AND A 28 - FOOT CROSS CUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. THE CLEVELAND CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 , SEC. 27 AND NW 1/4 , SEC 34
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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