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Custer Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153438
MAS/MILS ID 0460330013
Record type Site
Current site name Custer Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Snookum

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.56556, 43.75556 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 003 S 005 E 30 SWSE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.56556, 43.75556
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacer Corp. Of Custer S Dakota
    Interest 100
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS,J.R. MINING OF FELDSPAR & ASSOCIATED MIN.IN THE SOU

  • Deposit

    BLK HILLS OF S.D., BUMINES IC 7112, 1940, P59-60.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES, REGION V, BLK HILLS MIN. ATLAS: PART 2, IC 7707,19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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