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Red Deer 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099363
MRDS ID SD02547
Record type Site
Current site name Red Deer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.50195, 43.69468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES SOUTHEAST 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

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 004S 005E 15;22 SE (15); NE (22) South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Air And Mineral Stain

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.50195, 43.69468
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Minor Folds, One Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 5.18M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner K. C. Gaynor
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp. Of Trenton, Nj

Comments on the production information

  • YEARS UNKNOWN; 4% WAS SHEET MICA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.023HA

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INCLUDE FIVE DRIFTS DRIVEN FROM AN INCLINED SHAFT. TOTAL AREA OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ABOUT 3,000 SQ 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. 178

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 183-186

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 178

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTINCTLY ZONED, UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reporter information

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

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