New England Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055645
MRDS ID SD02250
Record type Site
Current site name New England Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.39362, 43.85079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD 7.5 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF KEYSTONE, 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

Iron Mountain(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 27 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Biotite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Graphitic Granite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Graphitic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.39362, 43.85079

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 213.36M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vincent Cordes

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL HILLSIDE CUTS

Comments on development

  • AN UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MASS STRIKES WESTWARD FOR ABOUT 350 FT AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD FOR ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references