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Mountain Beryl Claim

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012460
MRDS ID D008103
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Beryl Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61445, 43.6319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINGLE, IN CUSTER COUNTY, 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

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 005S 004E 11 NW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61445, 43.6319
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 2 DIKES
    Strike N20W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 140.21M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. T. Gambler
    Home office Custer S.D.
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • YEARS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

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

    USGS PP 247, P. 162.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRCULAR 7707, P. 164.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 2ND DIKE IS 10 BY 400 FT. UNPATENTED 20 ACRE CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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