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Big Horn Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095923
MRDS ID SD02555
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58389, 43.78496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA, Possibly 1/2 Mile West

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 004E 13 S2 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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) -103.58389, 43.78496
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Economic information

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 3.05M
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 2.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 107

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 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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