High Lode

The High Lode is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,200 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: High Lode  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.9131, -103.53810

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High Lode MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: High Lode
Secondary: Canfield Lode


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 - U S 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 (Deposit): 4 QTZ VEINS 1 TO 12 INCHES WIDE CUT A QTZ FELDSPAR AND MUSCOVITE. THE WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS. DEVELOPMENT IS A SERIES OF OPENCUTS AND TEST PITS. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION. PROSPECT NOT LOCATED IN THE FIELD. HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.


References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 53

Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 46

Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936,TUNGSTE

Reference (Deposit): G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 27

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 143


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