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Dorothy V Prospect

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055776
MRDS ID SD02526
Record type Site
Current site name Dorothy V Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.6414, 43.75802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES WEST 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

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 003S 004E 28 E2 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BOOKS ARE SO SMALL ONLY PUNCH MICA CAN BE RECOVERED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Biotite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Air Stained

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schist Inclusions, Associated With Quartz Masses, Cut The Pegmatite Diagonally

Ore body information

  • Length 182.88M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Schist-Quartz Shoots

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Max Husabee Of Prouo, Sd

Comments on the production information

  • NO YEAR GIVEN (1930'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUT IS LOCATED ALONG ONE OF THE SCHIST-QUARTZ BODIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 118.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 100.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 16 ACRES, NOT PATENTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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