The Elkhorn Tungsten Property is a tungsten mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 43.91306, -103.50444
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Elkhorn Tungsten Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhorn Tungsten Property
Secondary: Black Hills Tungsten Mining & Milling Property
Secondary: Heart of the Black Hills Property
Commodity
Primary: 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
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1918
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: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Production): ITEM 1: $3000. ITEM 2: $400 - UNDETERMINED TONNAGE. ITEM 8: $10,000
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 65 ACRES. 5 QUARTZ VEINS. ONE IS 1 FT WIDE; ANOTHER IS 2 FT
References
Reference (Production): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 47
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