New York

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Tin
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202275
MAS/MILS ID 0460330009
Record type Site
Current site name New York
Alternate or previous names Westinghouse No 1, New York Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.68617, 43.70216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
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

Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(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 004 S 004 E 18 C South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown
Tantalite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.68617, 43.70216

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 45E
    Length 195M
    Width 10M
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:45E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Custer District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942

  • Deposit

    BLACKS HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROP PAPER 247, P163-170.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCH OF MINES BULL 17, P31-2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFER TO PLATES 29, 30, + 31 (USGS PP 247) FOR GEOLOGICAL PL SECTION MAPS OF THE NEW YORK MINE. RESERVE ESTIMATES TAKEN FROM USGS PP 247, P169-70. PEGMATITE IS DIVIDED INTO 5 DISTINCT ZONES. WALL ZONE CONTAI MINABLE MICA. BERLY IS MINED AS BI-PRODUCT AND OCCURS IN A ZONES. CASSITERITE FOUND AS MINOR OCCURRENCE IN CLEAVELAN QUARTZ ZONE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 307-FT VERTICAL SHAFT, 1800 FT OF D 400 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND 130,000 SQ FT OF STOPES. PRINCIPAL INGS ARE LOCATED IN WALL ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references