Southern Black Hills Kyn Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Kyanite, Garnet

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069810
MRDS ID	W007513
Record type	Site
Current site name	Southern Black Hills Kyn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-103.50056, 43.74996 (WGS84)

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
	003S	005E	19,36		South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Kyanite	Primary
Garnet	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Andalusite	Ore
Garnet	Ore
Sillimanite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Rock unit name Sillimanite Schist

Rock description Sillimanite Schist

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist
Rock unit name	Sillimanite Schist
Rock description	Sillimanite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Metaquartzite	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

General form	IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

SILLIMANITE AND GARNET OCCUR IN SCHISTS SOUTH AND EAST OF CUSTER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Year of first production	1924

Mining district

District name	Southern Black Hills

Comments on development

SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILLIMANITE AND ANDALUSITE WERE MADE IN 1924 AND 1925

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W007513

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CONNOLLY, J. P., AND O'HARRA, C. C., 1929, THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK HILLS: SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL MINES BULL. 16.
Deposit

L. R. PAGE AND OTHERS, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942 - 45, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 247
Production

CONNOLLY, J.P., AND O'HARRA, C.C., 1929, S. DAK. SCH. MINES BULL. 16, P. 259.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NO DATA ON EXTENT OF SILLIMANITE SCHIST OR ITS CONTENT OF SILLIMANITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1959	Espenshade, Gilbert H.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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