The Deacon Wright Lode is a tin and mica mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Tin, Mica
Lat, Long: 43.86167, -103.63722
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Deacon Wright Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deacon Wright Lode
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Mica
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling, And Manufacturing Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mica
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MICA RICH PEGMATITE WITH ACCESSORY CASSITERITE.
Comment (Location): ON THE LINE BETWEEN SECS 21 AND 22. A SHORT DISTANCE NE OF THE HUNTER AND LOUISE LITHIA MINE. ON SLOPE OF A NARROW DIVIDE BETWEEN SPRING CREEK AND TENDERFOOT GULCH, 7.5 MI SW OF HILL CITY AND A SIMILAR DISTANCE NW OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Comment (Workings): TRENCH EXTENDING ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE OUTCROP.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM INO CIRC 7707, P. 60-61
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