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Pigtail Prospect

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10012481
MRDS ID D008128
Record type Site
Current site name Pigtail Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.4975, 43.61135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF PRINGLE, 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

Wind Cave(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

Wind Cave National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005S 005E 14 SW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.4975, 43.61135
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 40NW
    Length 18.29M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • All The Mica Is Found In The Wall Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leon Larue
    Home office Custer, S.D.
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 6.1M

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

    USGS PP 247, P. 176-177.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTINCTLY ZONED. AT THE EAST END IT STRIKES N15E AND DIPS 90 DEG.

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.

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