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Reed Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055752
MRDS ID SD02494
Record type Site
Current site name Reed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.52973, 43.6294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF PRINGLE, 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 005S 005E 09 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE CENTER OF SEC. 9; 0.5 MI NORTH OF THE SMITH MINE, ON THE SHEPPARD RANCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD QUALITY FELDSPAR

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.52973, 43.6294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. Reed, Mr. Sheppard
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Sheppard

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGED 5 TONS OF FLD PER DAY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ANOTHER CUT WAS BEING OPERATED BUT WAS 15 BY 30 BY 20 FT.

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, P. 186

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 186

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 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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