Oreville Spar Mica Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Lithium, Tin
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10055700
MRDS ID SD02320
Record type Site
Current site name Oreville Spar Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.62557, 43.85996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF OREVILLE, 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

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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 004E 22 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.62557, 43.85996

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steeply-Plunging Fold

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladys Wells And Fred Heidepriem

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF ONE LARGE OPENCUT 30 FEET DEEP, AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SHEET MICA OCCURS IN BOOKS UP TO 4 INCHES ACROSS

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

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OUTCROP CONSISTS OF 2 LOBES INTRUDED INTO A STEEPLY PLUNGING FOLD. THE SOUTH OUTCROP STRIKES NW AND DIPS SW. THE NORTH LIMB STRIKES NE AND DIPS NW.

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