Mine detail: Butte Group

Previously called 'Truax Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.8719, -103.62224

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite
Orebody form:	DIKE
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Tectonic:	Southern Black Hills

References

MRDS	D007166
DEP	10094441
Reference	U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.