Crown Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar, Tantalum
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055683
MRDS ID SD02298
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcmackin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64307, 43.79413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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 16 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, ON THE NORTHERN TRIBUTARY OF RUBY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA IS PALE TO RUBY MICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Triphylite 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) -103.64307, 43.79413

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticlinal Fold That Strikes Northwest And Dips South

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICA IS IN PART AIR STAINED AND SOME OF IT SHOWS RULING AND 'A' STRUCTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New York Holding Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPENCUT, SEVERAL OLD INCLINES, A SHAFT, AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS AND STOPES.

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., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME OF THE PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50

  • Deposit

    STERRET, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 740

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 / ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME DIKE AS THE BALLARD MINE

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.

External references