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Star Lode

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lithium, Beryllium, Mica, Talc-Soapstone, Tantalum, Feldspar
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010799
MRDS ID D004779
Record type Site
Current site name Star Lode
Alternate or previous names Star Lithia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.34889, 43.87635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1231
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF HAYWARD ON THE KEYSTONE ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockerville(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 13 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER OF SEC. 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Talc-Soapstone Secondary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Mica Ore
Talc Ore

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) -103.34889, 43.87635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vincent Cordes
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Nickels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES AN INCLINED SHAFT, AN OPENCUT, A SMALL DRIFT AND A STOPE

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

  • 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.

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