Michaud Prospect

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar
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. 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 10055769
MRDS ID SD02514
Record type Site
Current site name Michaud Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.71946, 43.68885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1632
Relative position 6.5 MILES SW OF CUSTER. REACHED BY GOING FROM NINEMILE RANCH, ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD 3.5 MILES NORTH ON LIGHTENING CREEK ROAD TO THE MICHAUD RANCH AND ABOUT 0.5 MILE FARTHER TO WHERE THE CUTS ARE VISIBLE ON THE HILLSIDE EAST OF THE ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(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 003E 14 E2 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Feldspar Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NEITHER FLD NOR MIC2 IS OF GOOD GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.71946, 43.68885

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Length 36.58M
    Width 7.62M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Custer Pegmatite Co.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL PITS, 8 BY 14 BY 10 FT AND 8 BY 10 BY 3 FT

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. 198

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 157.

  • Production

    USGS PP 247., P. 157; USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 198

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BE IS MASSIVE OR IN 'SHELLS'. THE MASSES RANGE IN DIAMETER FROM 1-12 IN AND ARE MIXED WITH ABUNDANT ALBITE AND A LITTLE MUSCOVITE. ONE WALL OF THE LARGE CUT CONTAINED ABOUT 20% BE. (1942)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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