The Century Lode Claim is a lithium and tin mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lithium, Tin
Lat, Long: 43.92, -103.57389
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Century Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Century Lode Claim
Secondary: Mateen Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lithium
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lithium Corp. Of America
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Spodumene
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Amblygonite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO PRINCIPAL PEGMATITE DIKES, EACH DIKE IS COMPOSED OF THREE ZONES. NORTHERN-MOST DIKE IS IRREGULAR BELOW THE SURFACE AND EXTENDS 100 TO 200 FEET IN DEPTH. THE SOUTHERN DIKE IS WELL EXPOSED FOR 300 FT. THE HANGING WALL IS EXPOSED IN A SHAFT NEAR THE SOUTH END TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 65 FEET. ONE 20 ACRE PATENTED LODE CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN PITS AND CUTS, THREE SHAFTS, EXTENSIVE TRENCHING AND DRILLING OF THE NORTHERN DIKE.
Comment (Geology): SPODUMENE CRYSTALS AVERAGING 0.5 BY 1 BY 6 INCHES
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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