Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formDIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
GangueMica
Geology
Associated rockPegmatite
Tectonic settingSouthern Black Hills
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011976
MRDS IDD007193
Alternate namesWhite Whale No. 1, La Grande, Mewanitoc, Colossal
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.92635, -103.56167
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18