The Unknown is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,121 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: 5,121 Feet (1,561 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9306, -103.58440
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
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: 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 (Geology): A 2 TO 3 FT WIDE QTZ VEIN STRIKING N10W AND DIPPING GONE SMALL CRYSTALS OF WOLFRAMITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MICA AND GR ALONG MARGINS OF THE VEIN DEVELOPMENT IS BY SHALLOW TRENCHES AND TEST PITS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION TEST PITS AND TRENCHES NOW FILLEDIN QTZ VEIN NO LONGER VISIBLE HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 49 50
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 10 1914 P 220
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 62
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 166
Reference (Deposit): G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 29
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURVEY BULL 380 1909 P 154
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTE
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