Bet Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055799
MRDS ID SD02556
Record type Site
Current site name Bet Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.52112, 43.8094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES NORTHEAST 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

Custer(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 005E 09 NE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • THIS PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE BET LODE 10 MILES SOUTH EAST OF CUSTER, SD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.52112, 43.8094

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST MATERIAL IS BADLY MIXED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp., Trenton, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 2.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 111

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references