Dakota Tin and Gold Property

The Dakota Tin and Gold Property is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,860 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dakota Tin and Gold Property
Secondary: John White Claim Gp

Commodity

Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Tinton

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Cassiterite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REFER TO FIG 11, USBM IC 7069. REFER TO PAGE, P. 630 FOR RE MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS (50 AND 130 FT DEEP), A FT ADIT, AND A PLACER DIGGING ON POTATO CRK.

References

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, LAWRENCE CO, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS BULL 922-T, P 63

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7069, P 69.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1941, TIN BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE

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

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