Century Lode Claim

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

Name: Century Lode Claim  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

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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