Tin Spike Mine
Hill City, South Dakota
43.9335°N 103.5847°W
Mine Overview
The Tin Spike Mine is near Hill City, South Dakota. Historically the site has been associated with the Hill City Mining District which is now part of the Black Hills National Forest. The Tin Spike Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Documentation from 1978 describes a single ore body as having a lenticular or lens shaped form reaching 30.00 meters (98.43 feet) long and 0.50 meters (1.64 feet) wide. The Black Hills of the Interior Plains characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Beryllium Metallic Tertiary
- Mica Non-Metallic Tertiary
- Tin Metallic Tertiary
- Tungsten Metallic Tertiary
Location Info
- Pennington , South Dakota County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States South Dakota Pennington
Orebody
Characteristics of the ore body.
- Area: 1 hectare (2.47 acres)
- Length:
- Width: 0.50 meters (1.64 feet)
- Strike: north 20 west
- Dip: 80 east
- Ore Control: igneous, fracturing
- Ore Record Modified: 1978-02-13
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Interior Plains Great Plains Province Black Hills
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Mohawk Lode
- Tin commodity Site type Mine status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Vein
- 0.08 miles
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Tin Boom Mine
- Tin commodity Site type Mine status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.14 miles
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Annie Lode
- Tin commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Surface And Underground
- 0.16 miles
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Unnamed Tungsten Occurrence
- Tungsten commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.20 miles
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Cassiterite Tin Prospect
- Tin commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Vein
- 0.21 miles
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Wolfram Lode
- Tungsten commodity Site type Mine status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Surface
- 0.23 miles
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Mohawk Tin Mine
- Beryllium commodity Site type Prospect status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.23 miles
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Liberty Bell Tin Occurrence
- Tin commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- 0.23 miles
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Cassiterite Lode
- Beryllium commodity Site type Prospect status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Surface
- 0.29 miles
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Tin Chance Tungsten Prospect
- Beryllium commodity Site type Prospect status
- Pennington, South Dakota
- Underground
- 0.30 miles
Nearby Places
- Hill City (0.48 miles away)
- Keystone (8.69 miles away)
- Silver City (10.47 miles away)
- Rockerville (11.38 miles away)
- Custer (11.55 miles away)
- Johnson Siding (12.73 miles away)
- Colonial Pine Hills (14.33 miles away)
- Rochford (14.79 miles away)
- Nemo (18.43 miles away)
- Blackhawk (20.36 miles away)
- Summerset (21.37 miles away)
- Pringle (22.45 miles away)
- Piedmont (22.77 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Hill City Mining District (0 miles away)
- Oreville Mining District (2.33 miles away)
- Redfern Mining District (2.73 miles away)
- Keystone Mining District (4.88 miles away)
- Custer Mining District (5.53 miles away)
Nearby Lands
- Black Hills National Forest (0 miles away)
- Black Elk Wilderness (4.11 miles away)
Footnotes
* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.
** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.
1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.
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Deposit
TWO QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR ON THE CLAIM. CASSITERITE, WOLFRAMITE BERYL OCCUR IN THE PEGMATITE AND ONLY WOLFRAMITE IS FOUND VEINS. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS (40-AND 60-FEET DEEP) AND AR NECTED BY A DRIFT 105 FEET LONG. ABOUT 100-200 TONS OF VEIN HAVE BEEN MINED FROM SHOOT IN 40-FEET SHAFT.