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Victory Claim

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012492
MRDS ID D008145
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.53584, 43.67107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10 MI SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER, 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 004S 005E 28 SW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA IS POOR GRADE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Chrysoberyl Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feldspar Is 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.53584, 43.67107
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE-SHAPED DIKE
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 35W
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL LARGE BERYL CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 10.67M
    Overall width 3.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSITS OF 5 OPEN CUTS. CUT NO. 1 IS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE DIKE AND IS 30 X 20 X 2 FT. NO. 2 IS AT THE NORTH END AND IS 22 X 30 X 25 FT. CUT NO. 3 ADJOINS NO. 2 ON THE WEST AND IS V-SHAPED, 8 X 10 X 12 FT. CUT 4 IS ON THE EAST SIDE WITH NO DIMENSIONS GIVEN. CUT 5 IS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND ALSO HAS A SECOND CUT, 16 X 6 X 5 FT.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH RANGES FROM 4 FT AT THE SOUTHERN END TO 100 FT AT THE NORTHERN END.

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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