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Beecher No. 3

Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009679
MRDS ID D002770
Record type Site
Current site name Beecher No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.50056, 43.73329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cicero Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004S 005E 07,18 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Mica Ore
Spodumene Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.50056, 43.73329
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

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