White Spar Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226549
MAS/MILS ID 0460330359
Record type Site
Current site name White Spar Mine
Alternate or previous names Westinghouse Number Two

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.70667, 43.85076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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 004 E 34 W2SWNE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.70667, 43.85076

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM STAFF,1955, REG.V, I.C. 7707, P.105

  • Deposit

    PAGE,L.R.,ET AL.,1953 USGS PROF. PAPER 247,P.217-220

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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