Peerless Mine

The Peerless Mine is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,629 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: Peerless Mine  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

Elevation: 4,629 Feet (1,411 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.8906, -103.41940

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Peerless Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Peerless Mine
Secondary: Monarch,Monitor,Protector Lode Clai
Secondary: Ms


Commodity

Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Aluminum


Location

State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone Area


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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Columbite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Mica
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Lithiophilite
Unknown: Amblygonite
Unknown: Alabandite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): REFER TO PL 33 (USGS PP 247) FOR GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PEERLESS SCRAP MICA HAD BEEN MAIN PRODUCT MINED WITH BI-PRODUCTS OF B AMBLYGONITE, COLUMBITE AND CASSITERITE. PEGMATITE IS WELL MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 PITS (THE LARGEST PIT IS 150 FT AND 105 FT DEEP) AND A GLORY HOLE ACCESSED BY A 330 FT TUN


References

Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 175-6.

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 144, 161.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7069, P 46-7.

Reference (Deposit): HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS IN

Reference (Deposit): P 80.

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS. SOUTH D

Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINERALS ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM I

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCH. OF MINES BULL 17, P 31-3, 155


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