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Climax Mica Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Tin
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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. 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 10226363
MAS/MILS ID 0460330008
Record type Site
Current site name Climax Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.55386, 43.76856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1633
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 20 S2SW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.55386, 43.76856
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55S
    Dip 90W
    Width 0.6M
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    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 N55S:90W
    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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2 . 1955, USBM I

  • Deposit

    P 116.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 89-91.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFER TO PLATE 10 (USGS PP 247) FOR GEOLOGICAL PLAN MAP OF C DEPOSIT CLIMAX DEPOSIT IS AN IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR, DISTINCTLY-ZONED PEGMATITE. MICA IS FOUND THROUGHOUT WALL ZONE (1-4 FT THIC CASSITERITE FOUND AS ACCESSORY MINERAL MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 178-FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80, AND 160-FT. NO MICA FOUND BELOW THE 160-FT LEVEL.

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.

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