Pettit and Pfander's Claim

The Pettit and Pfander's Claim is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,039 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: Pettit and Pfander's Claim  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Pennington

Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.9044, -103.54390

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Pettit and Pfander's Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pettit and Pfander's Claim


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-Us Forest Service
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 (Geology): 30 FT PEGMATITE DIKE CUT BY GOUGE ZONE UP TO 3 FT THICK AND SMALL TUNGSTEN BEARING QTZ VEINS GOUGE IS RESIDUAL MATERIAL OF EXTREMELY WEATHERED TUNGSTEN D WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS ARE COATED WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE O SOME SCHGELITE ALSO OCCURS ON WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS DEVELOPMENT IS ONE 20 FT SHAFT AND A 10FT BY 25 FT CUT ON PE NO REPORTED PRODUCTION HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.


References

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES INF CIRC 7707 P 49

Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 52 53

Reference (Deposit): S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 P 155

Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURVEY BULL 380 1909 P 153 154

Reference (Deposit): NING IN S DAKOTA P 28

Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNG


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