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Pine Top Lode

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055754
MRDS ID SD02496
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Top Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61473, 43.7269 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHWEST 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

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 004S 004E 02;03 SW (02); SE (03) South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metabasalt
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip 55 SW
    Length 79.25M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Quinn, William And Francis
    Home office Custer, Sd
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp.
    Home office Trenton, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 2.13M
    Overall length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TWO PITS

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, P. 154

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 177

  • Production

    USGS PP 247, P. 177.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPATENTED LODE; HARD RUBY MICA OF GOOD QUALITY ALTHOUGH SOMEIS SLIGHTLY AIR STAINED. THE BOOKS ARE SMALL, RARELY EXCEEDING 3 X 5 INCHES IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 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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