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Hugo Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055680
MRDS ID SD02292
Record type Site
Current site name Hugo Mine
Alternate or previous names Sarah Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.42278, 43.88218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 08,17 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, NE 1/4 OF SEC. 17 INTO SE 1/4, SE 1/4 OF SEC. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Apatite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Lepidolite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Albite Unknown

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) -103.42278, 43.88218
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OVAL
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Length 213.36M
    Width 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hough And Judson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugh Reinbold

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ON SEVERAL LEVELS AND TWO HAULAGE TUNNELS WHICH CONNECT TO THE OPEN CUTS BY MEANS OF RAISES.

Comments on development

  • LOCATED ON THE SPODUMENE PATENTED LODE 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

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16

  • Deposit

    BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10 / BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, DUNCAN J., 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH 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 / BIENIEWSKI,C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962. SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10/ BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND MCGREGOR, D.J., 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 ZONES: WALL ZONE - SHEET MUSCOVITE AND BERYL; INTERMEDIATE ZONE - POTASH FELDSPAR AND SCRAP MICA; INNER ZONE - AMBLYGONITE, FELDSPAR, MICA; CORE - SPODUMENE WITH QUARTZ

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/15/2020
MSHA mine ID3901629
Mine name (MSHA)Hugo Mine
Current operatorDallas Alexander Construction
Current controller (parent)Dallas Alexander
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (451 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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