Tin Queen #1

The Tin Queen #1 is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Tin Queen #1  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Custer

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.8681, -103.59500

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Tin Queen #1 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tin Queen #1
Secondary: White Blowout
Secondary: Tin Queen


Commodity

Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum


Location

State: South Dakota
County: Custer


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Carl Bourassa Of Custer S Dakota
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
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.

Comment (Production): The mine was reopened in 1944-1945 for mica, amblygonite, and beryl. Partial production figures for (this) latter period (Norton, in Page and others, p. 201), are as follows: sheet mica 1,597 pounds punch 74 pounds untrimmed mica 900 pounds feldspar pincipal product


References

Reference (Deposit): PAGE LINCOLN R ET AL PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-43 BLACK

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA U S GEO SURV PROF PAR 2471953 PP58 201-203 P139.

Reference (Deposit): U S BUMINES STAFF REGION V BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS S DAKOT

Reference (Deposit): 2 I C 7707 1955 P60


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