White Swan

The White Swan is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,039 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: White Swan  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

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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