The American Tungsten Company Mine is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,925 feet.
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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: 4,925 Feet (1,501 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9208, -103.51580
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American Tungsten Company Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Tungsten Company Mine
Secondary: Success Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QTZ VEIN WITH PYRITE MUSC AND BLADED RADIAL BLACK WOLFRAMITE VEIN STRIKES N36W AND DIPS 66E EXPOSED BY DEEP 25 FT TRENCH AND PITS POSSIBLE MINOR PRODUCTION IN 1907 HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES INF CIRC 7707 P 47 48
Reference (Deposit): S DAK SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 56 58
Reference (Deposit): S DAK SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 P 140 141
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 380 P 152
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA 1936 P 10 26
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S D STATE PLANNING BOARD TUNGSTEN MININ
Reference (Deposit): S DAK SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 1 P 141
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