| Deposit ID | 10055678 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02291 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | High Climb Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.61946, 43.85218 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1838 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES NORTH OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA. TAKE THE TENDERFOOT GULCH ROAD NORTHWEST AND NORTH FROM CUSTER 5.7 MILES, WHERE TURN OFF TO THE RIGHT (EAST) THROUGH THE ROBINSON RANCH IN SEC. 27. THE MINE LIES FAIRLY WELL UP ON THE EAST WALL OF TENDERFOOT GULCH ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE FARM HOUSE. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 002S | 004E | 27 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Lithium Critical | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Amblygonite | Ore |
| Beryl | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Cleavelandite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Spodumene | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Triphylite | Gangue |
| Uraninite | Gangue |
| Uranophane | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Quartz Two-Mica Schist |
| Rock description | Quartz Two-Mica Schist |
| (1) | -103.61946, 43.85218 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Black Hills Uplift |
| General form | IRREGULAR-SHAPED DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | WEST |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1932 |
| Year of first production | 1934 |
| District name | Unorganized District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gladys Wells And Fred Heidepriem |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 161.54M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02291 |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
FISHER, D. JEROME, 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINERALOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50
FISHER, D. JEROME, 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 44
ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF CLEAVELANDITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE, AND AMBLYGONITE AND A CORE OF QUARTZ-SPODUMENE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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