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Lucky Star Prospect

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055668
MRDS ID SD02278
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Star Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61306, 43.74857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1667
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH 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

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 004E 35 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61306, 43.74857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BRANCHING DIKE
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Adams

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 30 TO 40% WAS NO. 1 OR NO. 2 QUALITY; THE REMAINDER WAS NO. 2 INFERIOR QUALITY

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ABOUT 2% OF THE PEGMATITE IS CRUDE MICA, WHICH CONTAINS ABOUT 4% OF SHEET MICA PER TON.

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 7701

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ZONES. NEAR THE NORTH END IT JOINS A SECOND DIKE THAT STRIKES NE.

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.

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