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Lookout Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055781
MRDS ID SD02533
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61945, 43.63413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINGLE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 1/2 Mile East Or West

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 005S 004E 10;11 NE (10); NW (11) South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61945, 43.63413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carroll Creek Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUT RANGES IN DEPTH FROM 6 TO 20 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. 163

  • Production

    USBM CIRC 7707, P. 163

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SINGLE UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-82 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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