| Deposit ID | 10055556 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02135 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beckman Lode |
| Alternate or previous names | General Custer, Gold Coin Groups |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.55778, 43.91107 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1582 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF KEYSTONE, S.D. ALONG THE CONTINUATION OF THE KEYSTONE "GOLD BELT". |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pennington(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hill City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 002S | 005E | 05 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite Intrusion | ||||||||
| Rock description | Diorite Intrusion | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock |
| Rock unit name | Metamorphic Rocks |
| Rock description | Metamorphic Rocks |
| (1) | Metagraywacke |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Extensive Cross Fracturing |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keystone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02135 |
US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE KEYSTONE GOLD BELT IS NOT WELL DEFINED ON THE BECKMAN GROUP |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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