Fern Cliff Prospect

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275001
MAS/MILS ID 0460330030
Record type Site
Current site name Fern Cliff Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.37976, 43.84576 (WGS84)
Elevation 1496

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(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 002 S 006 E 27 NESE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.37976, 43.84576

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 Other

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 62 63

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 85 86

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 QTZ VEINS ONE STRIKING N AND THE OTHER STRIKING N30W JOIN A VEIN 4 FT WIDE WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE OCCUR AS SEGREGATIONS IN QTZ AND AR IATED WITH PYRITE BELOW OXIDIZATION ZONE SHAFTS WERE SUNK TO 24 AND 30 FT WHERE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING TO E WHICH IS NOW INACCESSIBLE EXPLORATORY DRILLING WAS DONE IN 1944 BUT NO ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1914 3000 LBS OF CONCENTRATED ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1939 75 TONS OF SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED WHICH IS THE LAST ION ON RECORD HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.

External references