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Aladdin Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities 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. 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 10055557
MRDS ID SD02137
Record type Site
Current site name Aladdin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.59834, 43.75329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1673
Relative position 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF CUSTER, S.D.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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 003S 004E 26 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA FROM WALL ZONE AND FELDSPAR FROM CENTRAL CORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.59834, 43.75329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. W. Beach

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN OPEN PIT, A SHAFT IN THE WEST END OF THE PIT, AN ADIT 22 FEET LONG, AND 1 SMALL CUT. MOST MINING IS ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE DIKE.

Comments on development

  • CONSISTS OF SEVERAL LARGE PEGMATITE MASSES ; ECON.COM: BETWEEN 1943 - 44 OVER 300 LBS OF TRIMMED SHEET AND PUNCH MICA WERE PRODUCED, MOST OF THIS WAS CLASSIFIED AS NO. 2 INFERIOR QUALITY ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS WAS OF NO. 1 AND NO. 2 QUALITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    US 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 3 ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 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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