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Pringle Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055758
MRDS ID SD02500
MAS/MILS ID 460330272
Record type Site
Current site name Pringle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58556, 43.6175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MILE NORTHEAST OF PRINGLE, 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

Pringle(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 005S 004E 13 NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE DIKE CONTAINS 25% BERYL

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.58556, 43.6175
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Pringle

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: PRODUCTION NORMALLY IS 6 TO 10 TONS OF FELDSPAR A DAY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.039HA
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 18.29M

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, P. 165.

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, P. 165.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-12-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2015-08-13 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0460330272

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

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