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Cassiterite from
Cowboy Tin Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Comments:Occurs in quartz fissure veins in quartz-rich granite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cowboy Tin Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59357:3
GUID (UUID V4):f58e1d25-3234-447e-98ed-c8a8d03dbe1a
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Coats Mine (Coats Dike Mine; Cowboy Group), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Campaign Mine (Campaign No. 1 and No. 4), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Mohawk Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1 Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Liberty Bell Occurrence (Tin Center), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Cassiterite Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) General Harney (Golden Slipper Tin; Tin Boom No. 1 and No. 2; Tin Spike No. 1), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Mateen Mine (Mattine Mine; Century Lode Claim; Nevada No. 2 Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Annie No. 1 Lode (Tin Spike), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Olympia Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-1945 Black Hills, South Dakota By LINCOLN R. PAGE and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...diagrams of deposits of mica, beryl, lithium, tantalum, tin, and feldspar UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________...Tantalum deposits__________________________________ 58 Tin deposits______-_-_____---_-___-_-_____-_-_____ 59...mines and prospects___________________ 60 Addie tin mine._________________________________ 60 Ajax cla
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Report (issue)
Denver, Colorado 9 ^University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references on geology of the Black Hills in South Dakota and Wyoming. For purposes of this report, the... the area does not include the Bad Lands of South Dakota nor the bulk of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming...included in the bibliography. References for South Dakota are more complete than those for Wyoming. Both...geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming, with a section on Salable commodities
 
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