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Josie Lode Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055792
MRDS ID SD02545
Record type Site
Current site name Josie Lode Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.38584, 43.83635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position SOUTH OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD; 0.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF SPOKANE, 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

Iron Mountain(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 002S 006E 34 NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA IS OF INFERIOR QUALITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Air Staining And Mineral Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Harney Peak Granite
    Rock description Harney Peak Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.38584, 43.83635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
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 John Delaney Of Custer, Sd

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN MARCH 1943 AND JANUARY 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OPEN CUT IS 4-20 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 74-75

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 141

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 ZONES, UNPATENTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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