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Hub Mine

Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110040
MRDS ID SD02453
Record type Site
Current site name Hub Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.62112, 43.72357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 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 004E 10 NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Mica Ore
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz 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) -103.62112, 43.72357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Of The Mica Is In A 2 Ft Zone On The Hanging Wall Of The Lode

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKS WERE ALONG THE HANGING WALL OF THE PEGMATITE

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

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SERIES OF 4 PARALLEL PEGMATITES

Reporter information

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

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