South Dakota · Pennington County
Occurrence
Pettit and Pfander's Claim
Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
Tungsten
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Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
DIKE
Materials
Ore minerals
Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue
Chalcedony, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Pegmatite
Associated rock
Pegmatite · Pegmatite
Structure
Pegmatite Is Cut By A Gouge-Filled Fissure.
Alteration
Wolframite Crystals Are Covered By Limonite And Manganese Oxides.
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10055647
MRDS ID
SD02252
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
43.90663, -103.55195
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707