Champion Property Pennington and Smith

The Champion Property Pennington and Smith is a tungsten and tin mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Champion Property Pennington and Smith

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Tin

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Pennington And Smith

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
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Feldspar

Comments

Comment (Workings): 5 OR 6 OLD CUTS AND A 10 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT. A 15 FOOT PROSPECT HOLE WAS OPENED UP ON THE QUARTZ VEIN AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY

Comment (Geology): ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CLAIM IS A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 2 FEET IN THICKNESS THAT YIELDS GOOD WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS

Comment (Deposit): COARSE, HIGH QUARTZ, WITH OCCASIONAL NARROW SCHIST INCLUSIONS TOWARD THE SOUTH END THE DIKE AND SCHIST BECOME CONFORMABLE. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES. THE QUARTZ VEIN IS 1-2 FEET THICK.

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

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