Commodities
PrimaryLithium
TertiaryTantalum, Tin, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAmblygonite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Microcline, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Spodumene, Tantalite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10202513
MRDS IDSD02200
Alternate namesGiant Pegmatite, Tantalum Hill Pegmatite
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.37636, -104.05668
References
GARDNER, E.D. TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTHDAKOTA. BUMINES IC 7069, APRIL 1939, 71 PP.GUITERAS, J.R. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AND COSTS AT THEBLACK HILLS TIN CO., TINTON, SOUTH DAKOTA. BUMINESIC 7084, JULY 1939, 16 PP.JAHN, W.F., AND P.E. PESONEN. INVESTIGATION OF TIN-BEARINGPEGMATITES IN THE TINTON AREA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTHDAKOTA. BUMINES RI 4484, JULY 1949, 25 PP.JOHNSON, A.I. TANTALUM FROM THE BLACK HILLS. ENG. AND MIN.J., V. 139, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1938, PP. 39-42.NELLIS, D.A. TANTALUM IN THE VOLNEY PEGMATITE, TINTON,SOUTH DAKOTA: A GEOCHEMICAL STUDY. PH. D. DISSERTA-TION, BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS.,1973, 173 PP.RUNKE, S.M., D.H. MULLEN, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESSREPORT ON PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FORFISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1951. BUMINES RI 4928,DECEMBER 1952, PP.. 27-29.RUNKE, S.M., E.O. BINYON, AND J.B. CUNNINGHAM. PROGRESSFISCAL YEARS 1952-53. BUMINES RI 5061, JUNE 1954,PP. 18-19.SMITH, W.C., AND L.R. PAGE. TIN-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THETINTON DISTRICT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-T, 1941, 37 PP.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTHDAKOTA: PART I (IN TWO PARTS). IC 7688, JULY 1954,PP. 71-73.