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Warren Draw Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010772
MRDS ID D004739
Record type Site
Current site name Warren Draw Mine
Alternate or previous names Warren Gulch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.71446, 43.74357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 6 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(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 003S 003E 36 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase Ore
Amblygonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Triphylite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.71446, 43.74357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, ANGLE-SHAPED

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST BERYL IS IN THE WALL ZONE, ASSOCIATED WITH PODLIKE QUARTZ MASSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladys Wells

Comments on the production information

  • OVERALL CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION. DATE IS APPROXIMATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 5 OPENCUTS AND A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT. THE MAIN OPENCUT IS 75 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MOST MICA IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR SCRAP, AND IS FOUND IN THE 3 OUTER ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR ZONES-BORDER ZONE OF QUARTZ-PLAGIOCLASE-MUSCOVITE; WALL ZONE OF PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ-PERTHITE-MUSCOVITE; INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF QUARTZ AND MUSCOVITE; AND CORE OF PERTHITE AND QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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