Lee Burrow's Dike

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055666
MRDS ID SD02276
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Burrow's Dike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.52362, 43.74552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 5.5 MILES BY ROAD SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA. 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE ANNIE TALLENT MONUMENT AND 0.5 MILE DUE SOUTH OF THE WALSH RANCH HOUSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cicero Peak(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 003S 005E 33 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Schist And Quartzite
    Rock description Schist And Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.52362, 43.74552

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lee Burrows
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bud Landis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUT IS 20 FEET DEEP AT THE FACE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLEAN FELDSPAR CAN BE HAD ONLY BY SORTING.

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

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

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