The Elkhorn Tungsten Property is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,338 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,338 Feet (1,627 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9139, -103.50470
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Elkhorn Tungsten Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhorn Tungsten Property
Secondary: Black Hills Tungsten Mining and M
Secondary: Illing Co Property
Secondary: Ack Hills,Black Hills Tungsten Co.
Secondary: Heart of the Black Hills
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert Brechtel Of
Home Office: Sturgis, Sd
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Deter Himmel Of Hill City
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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): ORIGINALLY 5 TUNGSTEN-BEARING QTZ VEINS STRIKING NW AND DIPP WESTERN MOST VEIN WAS LENS SHAPED A MINED OUT ANOTHER VEIN 24 INCHES THICK HAS EXTENSIVE DRIFTING CROSSCUT D RAISING AT 90 FT LEVEL. ALL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE NOW. 3 VEINS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED BY OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS. A TOTAL OF 13400 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE WAS REMOVED BETWEEN 19 1918 WHEN THE LAST RECORDED PRODUCTION OCCURED. HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 142
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 54 TO 56
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 47
Reference (Deposit): G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 10 AND 11,14 AND 26-27.
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTE
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