Ferguson Lode Claim

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012470
MRDS ID D008116
Record type Site
Current site name Ferguson Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.36778, 43.87635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockerville(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 14 NW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE NW OF THE WOOD TIN LODE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spodumene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Uraninite Gangue
Uranophane Gangue
Vivianite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron-Stained

Analytical data

Result FELDSPAR = 13.1% K2O AND 2.0% NA2O.

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 Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.36778, 43.87635

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Pegmatite Is On The Southern End Extremity Of A N-S Ridge.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR DIKE
    Dip 90
    Length 36.58M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 71-72.

  • Deposit

    DANAS SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY, ED VOL 2, P. 952-953.

  • Deposit

    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS

  • Deposit

    SPRING, S. G., AND ANDERSON, D. W., 1957, A GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE FERGUSON PEGMATITE, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FERGUSON PEGMATITES CONSIST OF 2 TABULAR SUB-PARALLEL PEGMATITES. FOUR ZONES ARE PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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