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Little Spar Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012461
MRDS ID D008104
Record type Site
Current site name Little Spar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.50695, 43.70635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA., 0.5 Mi Radius, 0.5 Mi Radius, 0.5 Mi Radius

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 004S 005E 15 N2 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE RIVES LODE CLAIM ON THE NORTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.50695, 43.70635
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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 Custer District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Virtue
    Home office Custer S.D.

Comments on the production information

  • SEPTEMBER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • L-SHAPED CUT DRIVEN 10 FT WEST TO ENTER THE DIKE THEN DRIVEN SOUTH 20 FT. 5 FT WIDE AND 6 FT DEEP AT 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

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 177.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 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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