The Pettit and Pfander's Claim is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,039 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: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9044, -103.54390
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Pettit and Pfander's Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pettit and Pfander's Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Public Domain-Us Forest Service
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 (Geology): 30 FT PEGMATITE DIKE CUT BY GOUGE ZONE UP TO 3 FT THICK AND SMALL TUNGSTEN BEARING QTZ VEINS GOUGE IS RESIDUAL MATERIAL OF EXTREMELY WEATHERED TUNGSTEN D WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS ARE COATED WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE O SOME SCHGELITE ALSO OCCURS ON WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS DEVELOPMENT IS ONE 20 FT SHAFT AND A 10FT BY 25 FT CUT ON PE NO REPORTED PRODUCTION HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES INF CIRC 7707 P 49
Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 52 53
Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 P 155
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURVEY BULL 380 1909 P 153 154
Reference (Deposit): NING IN S DAKOTA P 28
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNG
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