| Deposit ID | 10012490 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008142 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Rose Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mountain Queen Mine, Lofton Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.60362, 43.62107 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 0.75 MILES NORTH OF PRINGLE, SOUTH DAKOTA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Custer(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pringle(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 005S | 004E | 14 | NE | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Chrysoberyl | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | MATERIAL FROM THE MAIN CUT AVERAGED 0.5% BE, NEARLY 22% FLD, AND 2.5% MIC2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -103.60362, 43.62107 |
|---|
| General form | DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W |
| Dip | 45 SW |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1932 |
| Discoverer | Lou Pitts, Pringle, South Dakota |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Pringle District |
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| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ray Mason Of Pringle, S.D. And S. T. Gamber Of Custer, S.D. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs. Laura Lofton |
| Home office | Pringle, S.D. |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.018HA |
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Overall length | 30.48M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008142 |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.
ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.
USGS PP 247, P. 144.
USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 162-163.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AVERAGE STRIKE AND DIP. 20 ACRE UNPATENTED CLAIM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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