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Confidence No. 1 Lode

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011979
MRDS ID D007198
Record type Site
Current site name Confidence No. 1 Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.40056, 43.87885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(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 16 SE OF NE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN GREYHOUND GULCH ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF THE ETTA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLOCKY FELDSPAR WITH INCLUSIONS OF MICA BUT NONE OF TOURMALINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feldspar Is Iron Stained

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.40056, 43.87885
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
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 Owner
    Owner Stratton Brothers
    Home office Keystone, S.D.

Comments on the production information

  • THREE OR FOUR CARLOADS OF FELDSPAR HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO DENVER 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO APPROX. 1935; NO RECORD OF SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT IS 20 FEET HIGH ON THE FACE

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-1981 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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