The Tantalum Hill Pegmatite is a lithium mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lithium
Lat, Long: 44.3764, -104.05610
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Tantalum Hill Pegmatite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tantalum Hill Pegmatite
Secondary: Giant-Volney Pegmatite
Secondary: Giant Pegmatite
Commodity
Primary: Lithium
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Tinton
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: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Richard Sleep
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: Filmore, Charles
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1983
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Spodumene
Unknown: Tantalite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Columbite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Amblygonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED AT EFOC. A COLUMBITE-TANTALITE ENRICHED ZONE OCCURS SUBJACENT TO THE SPODUMENE-QUARTZ ORE BODY. THIS ZONE IS LOW GRADE AND NEEDS FURTHER EXPLORATION TO DEVELOP A RESOURCE TONNAGE.
Comment (Names): OTHER NAMES:TANTALUM HILL PEGMATITE, GIANT PEGMATITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKING SEASON ASSUMED TO BE FOR 9 MONTHS; MINE SHUT DOWN DURING WINTER MONTHS.
Comment (Geology): THE EXTENT OF THE PEGMATITE DOWN-DIP IS 49 TO 73 METERS.
Comment (Ownership): TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED TO BE 4 HECTARES.
References
Reference (Deposit): PP. 71-73.
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA: PART I (IN TWO PARTS). IC 7688, JULY 1954,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-T, 1941, 37 PP.
Reference (Deposit): TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): PP. 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W.C., AND L.R. PAGE. TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE
Reference (Deposit): FISCAL YEARS 1952-53. BUMINES RI 5061, JUNE 1954,
Reference (Deposit): RUNKE, S.M., E.O. BINYON, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESS
Reference (Deposit): PEGMATITES IN THE TINTON AREA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH
Reference (Deposit): JAHN, W.F., AND P.E. PESONEN. INVESTIGATION OF TIN-BEARING
Reference (Deposit): J., V. 139, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1938, PP. 39-42.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.I. TANTALUM FROM THE BLACK HILLS. ENG. AND MIN.
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA. BUMINES RI 4484, JULY 1949, 25 PP.
Reference (Deposit): DECEMBER 1952, PP.. 27-29.
Reference (Deposit): FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1951. BUMINES RI 4928,
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FOR
Reference (Deposit): RUNKE, S.M., D.H. MULLEN, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESS
Reference (Deposit): 1973, 173 PP.
Reference (Deposit): TION, BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS.,
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA: A GEOCHEMICAL STUDY. PH. D. DISSERTA-
Reference (Deposit): NELLIS, D.A. TANTALUM IN THE VOLNEY PEGMATITE, TINTON,
Reference (Deposit): IC 7084, JULY 1939, 16 PP.
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS TIN CO., TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): GUITERAS, J.R. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA. BUMINES IC 7069, APRIL 1939, 71 PP.
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E.D. TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH
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