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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:212355
Long-form Identifier:1:3:212355:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Cassiterite in this Region
Addie mine (El Dorado Mine; Dolcode Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Annie No. 1 Lode (Tin Spike), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Black Metal Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Blue Bird claim, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Butte Group (Truax Group), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Campaign Mine (Campaign No. 1 and No. 4), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Carnbray Tin Prospect (Snow Shoe; Tin Belle), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Cassiterite Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Champion Property Pennington and Smith, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Clara Belle (Forest City; Golden Arrow), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Coats Mine (Coats Dike Mine; Cowboy Group), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Cowboy Tin Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Excelsior Lode, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
February Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
First Find Claim, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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
Gertie mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Golden Slipper Gold and Silver (Forest City Mine; Empire Gold Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Ida Occurrence (Ida Tin), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Jolly Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Liberty Bell Occurrence (Tin Center), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Mateen Mine (Mattine Mine; Century Lode Claim; Nevada No. 2 Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Mohawk Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Naiad Queen Lode Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Olympia Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Sally Cavanaugh Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1 Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tin King Group (Tin City Group), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tin Plate Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tin Queen Mine (White Blowout Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
White Whale Group (Colossal; La Grande; White Whale No. 1; Mewanitoc), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Liberty Bell Occurrence (Tin Center), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1 Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Mohawk Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Annie No. 1 Lode (Tin Spike), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Cassiterite Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.0km (0.6 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
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mateen Mine (Mattine Mine; Century Lode Claim; Nevada No. 2 Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Campaign Mine (Campaign No. 1 and No. 4), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Cowboy Tin Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Black Metal Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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