South Dakota · Lawrence County
Past Producer

Rough and Ready Mine

Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
TinLithiumFeldsparTantalum
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
SecondaryLithium, Feldspar
TertiaryTantalum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formDIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsAmblygonite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Spodumene, Tantalite
GangueAlbite, Apatite, Muscovite, Oligoclase
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104235
MRDS IDSD02191
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.37857, -104.05197
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18