Mine detail: Tin Queen

Previously called 'White Blowout'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.86635, -103.59612
dep_id: 10055659
mrds_id: SD02267
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tin, Lithium, Mica, Feldspar
Minor mineral: Tantalum, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Albite, Amblygonite, Biotite, Cassiterite, Muscovite
gangue: Diopside, Kyanite, Pollucite, Quartz, Vivianite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR DIKE
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
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 HILLSSOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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