The White Swan is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9328, -103.57030
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White Swan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Swan
Secondary: Hayes' Claim
Secondary: Haye's Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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): CONSISTS OF A PEGMATITE DIKE STRIKING N25W WITH VARIABLE DIR SMALL WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS OCCUR WITH FELDSPAR MUSCOVITE QTZ. WOLFRAMITE IS APPROXIMATELY 36.3% FEW04 AND 63.7% MNW04. DIKE LS PROSPECTED FOR 200 FT BY SMALL CUTS AND PROSPECT PL 300 DOLLARS WORTH OF TUNGSTEN WAS REMOVED BEFORE 1918 NO DEVELOPMENT OR MINING HAS OCCURED SINCE 1910 HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 51
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 61
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 165
Reference (Deposit): N MINING IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 29
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936
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