The Mohawk Tin Mine is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9314, -103.58060
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Mohawk Tin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Tin Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REFER TO FIG 23 (USGS PROF PAPER 247, P,161) FOR PLAN MAP OF WORKINGS AND VEIN AND FIG 8 (IC 7069) FOR CROSS SECTIONAL OF MOHAWK VEIN. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN SHORT SMALL IRREGULAR LENS IN PEGMATIT THE MORE MICAEOUS PARTS MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 SHAFTS WITH DEPTHS OF 100, 86, 42 2 OF 10 FT DEEP (100-FT AND 42-FT SHAFTS CAVED), 2 CUTS AN 75-FT LONG TRENCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 143-4.
Reference (Deposit): HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7069, P 31-3.
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAK. SCH OF MINES, BULL 17, P 151.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 160-2.
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