Mine detail: Tin Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.74635, -103.71918

Resource(B)

Primary:	Cesium, Feldspar, Lithium, Mica
Secondary:	Beryllium, Tantalum
Ore:	Albite, Amblygonite, Andesine, Beryl, Biotite, Columbite, Muscovite, Pollucite, Spodumene
Gangue:	Almandite, Apatite, Bismuthinite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Cleavelandite, Goethite, Lepidolite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tourmaline, Triphylite, Turquoise, Uraninite, Uranophane, Vanadinite, Zircon
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, L-SHAPED
Other material:	Microcline

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mica Schist
Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite

References

MRDS	SD02297
DEP	10104256
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707}{Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, G.M., 1930, TIN MOUNTAIN SPODUMENE MINE, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, PP. 275-284}{Deposit:: BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 / BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.