Mine detail: Cowboy Lodes

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.92663, -103.59807
dep_id: 10011977
mrds_id: D007194
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Scheelite
gangue: Mica, Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
tectonic: Southern Black Hills
Year first produced: 1883
yr_lst_prd: 1920
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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