Old Missouri Prospect

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012478
MRDS ID D008124
Record type Site
Current site name Old Missouri Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64362, 43.66968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.5 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

Fourmile(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 004E 28 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result DEEP RUBY MICA

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) -103.64362, 43.66968

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Filled With Pegmatite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BRANCHING
    Strike N55W
    Dip 50NE
    Width 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Cottrell And Mr. King
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. L. L. Perris
    Home office Hillsborough, Oregon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL PITS TO THE SOUTH, 4 CUTS TO THE NORTH.

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. 173-174.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PEGMATITE NARROWS TO 10 FT. BOOKS OF MICA UP TO 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER FOUND ALONG THE EDGES OF PART OF THE PEGMATITE. PARTS OF THE DEPOSIT CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 25% CLEAN FELDSPAR IN BLOCKY CRYSTALS UP TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.