South Dakota · Pennington County
Occurrence

Butte Group

Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
Tin
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formDIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockPegmatite
Tectonic settingSouthern Black Hills
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10094441
MRDS IDD007166
Alternate namesTruax Group
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.8719, -103.62224
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707