Mohawk Tin Mine

The Mohawk Tin Mine is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,151 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

Name: Mohawk Tin Mine  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.9314, -103.58060

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Mohawk Tin Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mohawk Tin Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium


Location

State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
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

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Beryl


Comments

Comment (Deposit): REFER TO FIG 23 (USGS PROF PAPER 247, P,161) FOR PLAN MAP OF WORKINGS AND VEIN AND FIG 8 (IC 7069) FOR CROSS SECTIONAL OF MOHAWK VEIN. CASSITERITE OCCURS IN SHORT SMALL IRREGULAR LENS IN PEGMATIT THE MORE MICAEOUS PARTS MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 SHAFTS WITH DEPTHS OF 100, 86, 42 2 OF 10 FT DEEP (100-FT AND 42-FT SHAFTS CAVED), 2 CUTS AN 75-FT LONG TRENCH.


References

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA. USGS BULL 380, P 143-4.

Reference (Deposit): HESS, FRANK L, 1909, TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7069, P 31-3.

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E D, 1939, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH D

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAK. SCH OF MINES, BULL 17, P 151.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT

Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 160-2.


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