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Smith Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium
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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 10012488
MRDS ID D008139
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.5275, 43.6219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1411
Relative position 5 MI BY ROAD EAST OF PRINGLE, 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

Pringle(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 005E 09,16 SW OF SE (09); NW OF NE (16) South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF THE SECTION, ON THE SMITH RANCH. ON THE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FELDSPAR IS NEARLY PURE IN THE CENTER. NEAR THE WALLS THE FELDSPAR IS MIXED WITH TOURMALINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
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) -103.5275, 43.6219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP
    Length 228.6M
    Width 24.38M

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 Operator
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp.
    Home office Trenton, N.J.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN, THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FELDSPAR MINES IN THE AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR CUTS WERE MADE INTO THE DEPOSIT.

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

    FISHER, D. JEROME, 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINERALOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR THE CENTER OF THE PEGMATITE IS A LENS OF NEARLY PURE FELDSPAR.

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.

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