The Dolcode Mine is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,970 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
Elevation: 4,970 Feet (1,515 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9294, -103.51940
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Dolcode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolcode Mine
Secondary: El Dorado Mine
Secondary: Addie Tin Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City District
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Alabandite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CASSITERITE DEPOSIT IS OF A WALL-ZONE TYPE AND OCCURS WITH Q MUSCOVITE FACIES MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 800-FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS A7 135, 20 AND 400 FEET AND IS CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 60.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7069, P29-30.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
Reference (Deposit): P52-3.
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2, 1955, USBM IC
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