Mine detail: Butte Group

Previously called 'Truax Group'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.8719, -103.62224
dep_id: 10094441
mrds_id: D007166
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite
orebody_fm: DIKE
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Southern Black Hills
disc_yr: 1892
References:
  • U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770
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