Mine detail: Pacer Group

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Location

Lat / long: 43.86826, -103.42276

Resource(B)

Primary: Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tin
Tertiary: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Lithium, Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Other material: Alabandite, Anorthoclase, Apatite, Beryl, Biotite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Monazite, Muscovite, Oligoclase, Orthoclase, Pollucite, Quartz, Siderite, Spodumene, Tantalite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895

Geology

References

MAS461030015
DEP10226492
Reference{Geology:: CONNOLLY, J.P., C.C. *ARA. THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK}{Geology:: HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES, BULL. NO. 16, MAY,}{Geology:: 1929, P. 218-260.}{Production:: DENVER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, MINERAL PROCESSING FLOWSHEETS}{Production:: 1962, P. 130-131, 252, 280-281, AND 306-307.}{Production:: BURT, R.O. TANTALUM MINING CORPORATIO* GRAVITY}{Production:: CONCENTRATOR-RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, CIM BULLETIN, SEPT.}{Production:: 1979, P. 103-108.}{Production:: DALEY, M. NOTES OBTAINED DURING VISIT TO PACER CORP. HEAD-}{Production:: QUARTERS, 5/26/82.}{Production:: HOWE, A.C.A. CANAD* FIRST TANTALUM PRODUCTION KAISER COAL}{Production:: PROJECT AT CROWSNEST, WESTERN MINER, VOL. 41, NO. 12,}{Production:: DEC. 1958, P. 39-49.}{Production:: SEHDER, J. SUPERINTENDENT OF PACER CORP., PHONE CONVERSATION}{Production:: WITH EVALUATOR 7/26/82.}{Reserve-Resource:: CULLUM, R. PRESIDENT OF PACER CORP., PHONE CONVERSATIONS}{Reserve-Resource:: WITH EVALUATOR 7/16/82 AND 7/21/82.}{Workings:: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD, PEGMATITE MINING IN SOUTH}{Workings:: DAKOTA, MARCH 20, 1937, P. 43-46.}
ReporterDolzani, Roger L.