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Locality Name:
Tinton Pegmatite District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 59
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38

mindat Locality ID: 44902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tinton Pegmatite District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Anna Mine
Aurora Fractional Prospect
Aurora Mine
Bath Claim
Bear Gulch
Bear Gulch Pegmatite Prospect (Elizabeth No. 8 Claim)
Beaver Creek Mine (Lineal Lodes)
Black Hills Tin Company
Boston Claim Group (Boston Dike; Commercial Claim Group)
Cornelia Mine
Crest Mine
Daisy Tin Prospect
Dakota Tin And Gold Property (John White Claim Group)
Fractional Mine
Giant Fraction Mine
Giant-Volney Mine
Golden Star Mine
Hamburg Mine
Jersey Mine (Jersey No. 1 Tin Prospect)
Keenan Properties Lode (John White Property; Homeward Bound Claim; Dakota Tin And Gold Company)
Keenan Properties Placer
Lafayette Mine
Louie Mine
Mallory Gulch
Manchester Mine
Modoc Chief And Crow Dog Claims
Mrs. George White Tin Claim Group (Golden Star Pegmatite)
Nigger Gulch
Poplar Gulch
Potato Gulch
Pyroxenite-vogesite Dike
Rough And Ready Mine
Salvator Prospect
Sand Creek
Scotland Mine
Spearfish Mine (Claims - Van; Yosemite; Centaur; Iron And Spearfish)
Tintic; Tintic No. 1 Prospect (Swansea Nos. 3 And 4; Tintic Tin Claim Group)
Union Mine (Golden Reward Group)
Upper Bear Gulch
Winner Mine
Yeddo And Yeddo No. 1 Claims

Latitude: 44°22'44"N
Longitude: 104°2'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.378888888889,-104.0425
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe K Mg O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylClayColumbiteCopperFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivine
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelTitaniteTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Andradite  (*)Augelite  (*)Augite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2265802,2658228803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F3265794,265802,265822244
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3593801534
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3126582279
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6593802060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182265802,2658224286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO227265786,265787,265789,265790,265794,265795,265796,265797,265798,265801,265802,265803,265804,265805,265806,265807,265808,265809,265812,265813,265822,265823,265826,265827,265828,265829,2658325171
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F593802740
Gold  (*)CopperAu11265790,265791,265794,265807,265811,265816,265818,265820,265825,265829,26583130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12658222812
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1265802155
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45938014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2265802,2658224924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22265802,26582217380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)593802349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126582239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22265802,26582261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4265790,265791,265807,2658204894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2265802,2658222705
Silver  (*)CopperAg2265829,2658315186
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O64265794,265802,265806,265822688
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6126583099
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12658214899
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1265822313


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-6900593848+11/-10   6900    121691Bear Gulch Pegmatite Prospect (Elizabeth No. 8 Claim), Tinton Pegmatite District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-92355584652±6   92355    121691Bear Gulch Pegmatite Prospect (Elizabeth No. 8 Claim), Tinton Pegmatite District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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