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Tip Top Lode

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Lithium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055679
MRDS ID SD02293
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.66974, 43.71552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA. TAKE U. S. 16 SOUTHWEST 4.65 MILES FROM CUSTER; TURN LEFT AT THE FOURMILE ROAD Y AND GO SOUTH 0.35 MILES TO THE Y AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE. TURN LEFT (SOUTHEAST) HERE INTO THE C.E. ROCKWELL HOMESTEAD GOING 0.95 MILES FROM THE SCHOOLHOUSE (TO THE TOP OF THE HILL BEYOND THE ROCKWELL HOUSE) TO THE Y, WHERE TURN RIGHT (SOUTH). IT IS 0.30 MILES TO THE LINCOLN LODE, AND THE TIP TOP LOADER IS 0.41 MILES BEYOND THE LINCOLN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(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 004E 08 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Lithiophilite Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Amblygonite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Purpurite Gangue
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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Quartz Two-Mica Schist;Harney Peak Granite
    Rock description Quartz Two-Mica Schist;Harney Peak Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.66974, 43.71552
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CRESCENT-SHAPED DIKE
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 40 SW
    Length 304.8M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Minerals And Chemical Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Nevin

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 1 AND 2 PRODUCED MORE THAN 1000 LTU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT DEEP. TWO OTHER OPENCUTS 50 FT APART THAT ARE 35 FT LONG AND 15 FT DEEP. ONE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM

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

  • Deposit

    FISHER, D.J., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 44

  • Deposit

    BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10

  • Deposit

    BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND MCGREGOR, D.J., 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11

  • Production

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 / SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL REPORTS 10 AND 11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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