The High Lode is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9131, -103.53810
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High Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Lode
Secondary: Canfield Lode
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Public Domain - U S Forest Service
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 QTZ VEINS 1 TO 12 INCHES WIDE CUT A QTZ FELDSPAR AND MUSCOVITE. THE WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS. DEVELOPMENT IS A SERIES OF OPENCUTS AND TEST PITS. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION. PROSPECT NOT LOCATED IN THE FIELD. HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 53
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 46
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936,TUNGSTE
Reference (Deposit): G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 27
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 143
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