Raver and Michaud Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Feldspar
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010793
MRDS ID D004768
Record type Site
Current site name Raver and Michaud Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64668, 43.75885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1655
Relative position 2 MILES WEST 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

Berne(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 003S 004E 28 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.64668, 43.75885

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, DIKELIKE
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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 H. D. Raver

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN. CONSIDERABLE FELDSPAR HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE DEPOSIT. ITEM 1-8 TONS WERE SHIPPED DAILY.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT IS BY A CUT DRIVEN 25 FEET ON THE LEVEL THEN SLOPED DOWNWARD AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE INTO A LARGE PIT.

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

  • Production

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

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.

External references