The Tinton is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3792, -103.51390
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Tinton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tinton
Commodity
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ross J Beaty Mccormick Bldg 332 S Mich. Av Chicago Ill
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): T LAWRENCE COUNTY S DAKOTA ASGS BULL 922-T PP595-630 PLATES
Reference (Deposit): SMITH W C AND PAGE L R TIN BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES &TECHNOLOGY BULL 18 1955 P 68
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS W L AND RAPP GEORGE JR MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS
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