The Ingersoll Mine is a tin, tantalum, and niobium (columbium) mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,036 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,036 Feet (1,535 Meters)
Commodity: Tin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Lat, Long: 43.9111, -103.45140
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Ingersoll Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ingersoll Mine
Secondary: Ingersoll Claims
Secondary: Bob Ingersoll Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Feldspar
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ingersoll Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1982
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1922-1945
Description: Production : Amblygonite 550 Tonnes, Lepidolite 7340 Tonnes, Beryl 371 Tonnes, Potash Feldspar 4055 Tonnes, Soda Spar (Cleavelandite) 95 Tonnes, Spodumene 69 Tonnes, Scrap Mica 1595 Tonnes, Cassiterite 1360 Kilograms, Columbite 2857 Kilograms
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Glory Hole
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Tourmaline
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Columbite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Microlite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Albite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Spodumene
Unknown: Staurolite
Unknown: Tantalite
Unknown: Phlogopite
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Lepidolite
Unknown: Amblygonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SCOTT BERRY HAS STATED THAT THE DUMPS ARE 70% RECOVERABLE. THIS MATERIAL WILL BE LOADED DIRECTLY INTO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER BY THE MILL FRONT-END LOADER.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A PENNINGTON CO. PEGMATITE PROPOSED OPERATION WILL REPROCESS DUMPS LEFT BY PAST PRODUCERS AND GLORY HOLE MINE RESOURCES IN RECOVERABLE MT
Comment (Geology): THE GEOMETRY SET DIMENSIONS ARE A COMPOSITE FROM THE ADDING OF THE FIVE PEGMATITE ORE BODIES TOGETHER. THE DIP IS VARIABLE BUT IN GENERAL IS GREATER THAN 55 DEGREE IN AN EAST SOUTH-EAST DIRECTION.
Comment (Ownership): U.S. MINING IS THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE INGERSOLL MINE: A 10% LEASE/PURCHASE OPTION IS HELD BY THE INGERSOLL MINING COMPANY.
References
Reference (Deposit): BERRY, SCOTT, 1982, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS DURING VISIT BY
Reference (Geology): DURING VISIT TO PRIVATE BUSINESS, MAY 26, 1982.
Reference (Geology): SPRINGS, KEN, 1982, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH M.R.DALEY
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA: PART 2.; IC 7707, P. 65-66.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 297-B, FIGURE 3.
Reference (Deposit): AND OTHER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS:
Reference (Deposit): OF THE HUGO PEGMATITE KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA IN PEGMATITES
Reference (Deposit): PLATES 6 AND 7.
Reference (Deposit): NORTON, J. J., PAGE, L. R., AND BROBST, D. A., 1962, GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 247, P. 75-83,
Reference (Deposit): IN PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-1945, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J. B., 1953, BOB INGERSOLL MINE (KEYSTONE DISTRICT)
Reference (Deposit): M.R.DALEY TO PROPERTY, MAY 25, 1982.
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