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Arcade Nos. 1 and 2 Lodes

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055561
MRDS ID SD02142
Record type Site
Current site name Arcade Nos. 1 and 2 Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.51612, 43.77885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 4 MILES EAST 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 005E 22 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 ON THE WEST SIDE OF BISMARCK LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Tourmaline 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.51612, 43.77885
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. L. Hofert

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY AN OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS. THE OPEN CUT IS 10 FEET DEEP.

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 .

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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