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Champion Property

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, 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 10101684
MRDS ID D007200
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.40195, 43.87829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES BY ROAD SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE AT THE JUNCTION OF TWO FORKS OF GREYHOUND GULCH., 500 Ft Radius, 500 Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 16 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue
Spodumene Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stain, Some Altered Spodumene

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 Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.40195, 43.87829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Dip 90
    Length 36.58M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Mr. Champion

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Widow Champion

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 1.22M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN FACE WAS 40 FEET HIGH AND EXTENDED 4 FEET INTO THE DIKE

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

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ZONES; SOUTHERN END OF DIKE STRIKES SOUTHEAST AND IS 25 FT WIDE; THE NORTHERN THIRD STRIKES NORTH AND IS 15 FT WIDE. THE EAST SIDE IS EXPOSED FOR A VERTICAL RANGE OF 40 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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