Samelias Claims

The Samelias Claims is a 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: Samelias Claims
Secondary: Hopeful Claims
Secondary: Goodhope Nos 1 + 2 Claims

Commodity

Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone Area

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.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1888
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL DIKES AVERAGING 100 FT LONG AND 3 FT WIDE CONTA CASSITERITE IN QUARTZ. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHAFTS (100 FT -CAVED, 90 FT, 50 AND 40 FT DEEP), ONE TRENCH 90 FT LONG AND NUMEROUS PROSP PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM 1C

Reference (Deposit): P 51-2.

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D

Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 7069. P 36-8.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942-1945,

Reference (Deposit): HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 121.

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