The Black Hills Tin Company is a tin mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 44.37936, -104.05198
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Black Hills Tin Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hills Tin Company
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Secondary: Tantalum
Secondary: Lithium
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Tinton 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: Black Hills Tin Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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
Not available
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
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Amblygonite
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Spodumene
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSITS ALONG THE TRIBUTARIES OF SAND CREEK, POTATO CREEK AND BEAR GULCH.
Comment (Location): Modified geocoordinates slightly to conform with location reported in record 10153321. Did not change PLSS coordinates so these may not exactly match current geocoordinates
Comment (Development): PLACER TIN DISCOVERED IN 1876 . LODE TIN DISCOVERED IN 1886 . THE COMPANY OWNED MORE THAN 100 CLAIMS WHICH COVERED 2700 AC. ; ECON.COM: THE COMPANY OWNED A SMALL MILL WHICH PROCESSED 150 TONS PER DAY.
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, W. C., AND PAGE, L. R., 1941 , TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T.
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688, P 7
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W. C., AND PAGE, L. R., 1941 , TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T.
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