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Lookout No. 5 Lode

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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012467
MRDS ID D008112
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout No. 5 Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63362, 43.67857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6.5 TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA., 0.5 Mile Radius, 0.5 Mile Radius, 0.5 Mile Radius, 0.5 Mile Radius

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)

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 004S 004E 27 NW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Garnet Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.63362, 43.67857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Fred Heidepriem And Floyd Heman Of Custer, South Dakota

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp.
    Home office Trenton, N.J.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE PROPERTY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 1.83M

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

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 158.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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