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Hot Shot Mine

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  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 10104262
MRDS ID SD02327
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Shot Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.51778, 43.74774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 6 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 003S 005E 34 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Amblygonite Gangue
Lepidolite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue
Spodumene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.51778, 43.74774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP
    Length 213.36M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thelan Staudy And E. A. Staudy

Comments on the production information

  • A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE DEPOSIT, AS WELL AS 10 TONS OF MICA. SPECIFIC YEARS UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 31.7M
    Overall depth 34.14M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT IS 30 FEET DEEP. UNDERGROUND THERE IS A SHORT DRIFT AT THE 60 - FOOT LEVEL AND CROSSCUTTING AT THE 112 - FOOT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED 3 HOLES (667 FEET) THROUGH THE PEGMATITE. ; ECON.COM: THE CENTRAL 30 FT OF THE PEGMATITE CONTAINS GOOD-QUALITY FELDSPAR.

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 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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