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Dike No. 2 Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055733
MRDS ID SD02464
Record type Site
Current site name Dike No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.57695, 43.70052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 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 004S 005E 18 SW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • 500 FT SOUTH OF THE BLACK DIAMOND MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metamorphosed Black Shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 76.2M
    Width 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
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 Owner
    Owner Amos Burnside, Lewis Collingwood And Martin O'Brien
    Home office Custer, Sd

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.013HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 OPENCUTS FROM 45 TO 100 FT BY 12 TO 15 FT AND AT MOST 20 FT DEEP. THERE IS A SMALL SHAFT 20 FT DEEP.

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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