Mcarthur Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012469
MRDS ID D008114
Record type Site
Current site name Mcarthur Mine
Alternate or previous names Firestone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.62667, 43.70329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTER., 0.13 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 15 SW OF NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Feldspar Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA IS GENERALLY GOOD QUALITY.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Parts Of The Pegmatite Are Severely Altered

Analytical data

Result MOST MICA IS IN BOOKS OF SEVERAL INCHES DIAMETER, USUALLY PALE TO DARK RUBY.

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 > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.62667, 43.70329

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Well-Developed Folds Plunge 40-50 Deg, S12-15w

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED DIKE
    Strike N30W
    Dip 50SW
    Length 97.54M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. H. Jeffries
    Home office Custer S.D.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Wright And Francis Michaud
    Home office Custer, S.D.

Comments on the workings information

  • 52 FT INCLINED SHAFT FROM WHICH SHORT DRIFTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN. SMALL STOPES HAVE BEEN MINED ABOVE THE DRIFTS. THERE IS AN OPEN CUT.

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.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 146-148.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 153; USGS PP 247, P. 146.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ZONES, ALBITE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE AND PERTHITE-QUARTZ CORE.

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.