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La Rue Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055725
MRDS ID SD02454
Record type Site
Current site name La Rue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.50473, 43.59774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PRINGLE, SOUTH DAKOTA, Half Mile Radius

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005S 005E 22;27 SE (22); NE (27) South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Mica Ore
Spodumene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.50473, 43.59774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPUR
    Strike SW
    Dip 20 SW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.01HA
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PIT IS 8 FT DEEP AND REACHED THROUGH A NARROW CUT 8 FT WIDE AND 20 FT DEEP AT THE PIT END.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SPUR RUNS SW FROM A LARGE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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