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Punch Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Mica
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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 10012476
MRDS ID D008122
Record type Site
Current site name Punch Mine
Alternate or previous names Wyoming Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63584, 43.67607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1623
Relative position 5.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTER, 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

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
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHEET MICA LARGER THAN 4 X 3 INCHES IS RARE.

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result FLAT AND HARD, RUM OR RUBY MICA. SOME AIR STAINING AND PART SHOWS "A" STRUCTURE.

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) -103.63584, 43.67607
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike NW
    Dip 90
    Length 335.28M
    Width 54.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
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 Owner
    Owner Francis Michaud And W. W. Wright
    Home office Custer, S.D.

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE QUALITY OF SMALL SHEET 6.4% NO. 1, 19% NO. 2; AVERAGE QUALITY OF LARGE SHEET 3.4% NO. 1, 18.6% NO. 2.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL SURFACE CUTS AND A SHAFT 45 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • NEARLY ALL COMMERCIAL MICA IS MINED OUT.

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

    USGS PP 247, P. 178.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR DIKE. WALL ZONE: PERTHITE-ALBITE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE; INTERMEDIATE ZONE: MUSCOVITE-ALBITE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE; CORE ZONE: QUARTZ PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

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

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