Mine detail: Mateen

Previously called 'Century Claim MS 1959Minerals Survey No. 1959'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.92306, -103.57666

Resource(M)

Primary: Lithium
Tertiary: Tin
Other material: Albite, Amblygonite, Apatite, Cassiterite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1884

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1951

Geology

References

MAS461030013
DEP10299296
Reference{Deposit:: BROWNING, J.S. SPODUMENE--MAJOR SOURCE OF LITHIUM. BUMINES}{Deposit:: IC 7824, 1958, 20 PP.}{Deposit:: GRIES, J.P. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLACK HILLS AREA,}{Deposit:: SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING. BUMINES IC 8660, 1974, 61 PP.}{Deposit:: LANDOLT, P.E. LITHIUM MINERALS PROVIDE UNIQUE INDUSTRIAL}{Deposit:: RAW MATERIAL. MIN. ENG., V. 3, DECEMBER 1951,}{Deposit:: PP. 1045-1048.}{Deposit:: MUNSON, G.A., AND F.F. CLARKE. MINING AND CONCENTRATING}{Deposit:: SPODUMENE IN THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. MIN. ENG.,}{Deposit:: V. 7, NOVEMBER 1955, PP. 1041-1045.}{Deposit:: PAGE, L.R., ET AL. PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-1945,}{Deposit:: BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: PROF. PAPER 247, 1953, 228 PP.}{Deposit:: RUNKE, S.M., E.O. BINYON, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESS}{Deposit:: REPORT ON PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.}{Deposit:: BUMINES RI 5061, JUNE 1954, PP. 17-18.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BLACK HILLS MINERALS ATLAS, SOUTH}{Deposit:: DAKOTA: PART 2. IC 7077, MAY 1955, P. 56.}{Deposit:: ----------. INVESTIGATION OF THE MATEEN SPODUMENE DEPOSIT,}{Deposit:: PENNINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. RI 4339, JULY 1948,}{Deposit:: ----------. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1950-1955. CHAPTER ON THE}{Deposit:: MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.}{Deposit:: U.S. CONGRESS, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR}{Deposit:: AFFAIRS. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA.}{Deposit:: U.S. 88TH CONG., 2D SESS., 1964, 295 PP.}
ReporterWilburn, David R.