The Ida is a tin and lithium mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,049 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: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Tin, Lithium
Lat, Long: 43.92833, -103.51806
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Ida MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ida
Secondary: Ida Tin
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Lithium
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
Not available
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
Form: DIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SPODUMENE BLADE 2 INCHES LONG AND 0.5 INCH THICK
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Spodumene
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTHEAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE ADDIE LODE, SE 1/4 SEC. 28 AND SW 1/4 SEC. 27
Comment (Development): PATENTED LODE
Comment (Deposit): FINE GRAINED
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, 10 AND 15 FEET DEEP, AND AN 80 - FOOT SHAFT, NOW CAVED IN
Comment (Geology): SCATTER SMALL CRYSTALS OF CASSITERITE OCCUR WITH SMALL SPODUMENE CRYSTALS
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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