Mine detail: Giant-Volney Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.37663, -104.04891

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tantalum, Lithium
Secondary:	Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary:	Feldspar, Tin
Ore:	Amblygonite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Feldspar, Lithiophilite, Spodumene, Tantalite
Gangue:	Albite, Apatite, Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite, Oligoclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	COALESCING DIKES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite

References

MRDS	SD02200
DEP	10104237
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688}{Deposit:: SMITH, W.C., AND PAGE, L.R., 1941, TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTRY, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-T, PAGE 595-630}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 { SMITH, W.C., AND PAGE, L.R., 1941, TIN BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE TINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922 -T, PAGE 595-630}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.