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Queen Claim

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10055685
MRDS ID SD02300
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.38167, 43.86913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF GLENDALE, 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

Iron Mountain(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 15 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Cuprite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tenorite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Vanadinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Microcline Is Stained Yellow

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) -103.38167, 43.86913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike S 55 E
    Dip 90
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Madill, A. L., George And Waldo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE HILLSIDE CUT IS 25 FEET HIGH

Comments on development

  • FULL-SIZED UNPATENTED 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PEGMATITE DIKES

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.

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