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Bull Moose Mine

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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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 10055708
MRDS ID SD02329
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Moose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.545, 43.7394 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER S.D.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cicero Peak(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 005E 32 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Triphylite Gangue
Vivianite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Granite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite
    Rock description Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.545, 43.7394
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST MINERALS ARE MIXED, BUT ARE BLOCKY AND CAN BE SORTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT IS 10 FEET DEEP AT THE FACE.

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

    MOORE, PAUL B., 1971, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 56, PP. 1-17

  • Deposit

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

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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