The Forest City Claim is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8672, -103.59780
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Forest City Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Forest City Claim
Secondary: Clara Bell Mine
Secondary: Golden Arrow
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City District
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1886
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: Muscovite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS; 250 FT VERTICAL AND 97 FT INCLINED SHAFT, AND A 350 FT CROSSCUT.
Comment (Geology): REFER TO FIG 8 (USGS BULL 380, P 141) FOR SKETCH OF QUARTZ V. CASSITERITE FOUND IN PEGMATITE VEIN RELATED TO A GOLD-BEARI QUARTZ VEIN. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN SEGREGATIONS OF GRANUL AND TOURMALINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 140-1
Reference (Deposit): HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS IN
Reference (Deposit): P 41.
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM IC
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