| Deposit ID | 10055707 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02328 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Highland Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ross Mine, John Ross Lode |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.67863, 43.76635 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES WEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA. GO 1.7 MILES WEST OF CUSTER ON U.S. 16, WHERE TURN NORTHWEST AND FOLLOW THE UPPER FRENCH CREEK ROAD 2.8 MILES. HERE JUST BEFORE REACHING THE MINE KEEP TO THE LEFT LEAVING FRENCH CREEK AND GOING UP CROW CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Custer(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Berne(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 | 003S | 004E | 30 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| Lithium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Albite | Ore |
| Beryl | Ore |
| Lithiophilite | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Cassiterite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Uraninite | Gangue |
| Uranophane | Gangue |
| Vivianite | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Quartz Two-Mica Schist |
| Rock description | Quartz Two-Mica Schist |
| (1) | -103.67863, 43.76635 |
|---|
| General form | ELLIPTICAL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-NW |
| Dip | 45 SW |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 45.72M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | J.L. Mckenna |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| District name | Custer District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | New York Holding Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 19.81M |
| Overall length | 36.58M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02328 |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
FISHER, D.J., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50
ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 ZONES WITH A POSSIBLE CENTRAL QUARTZ MASS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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