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Payday Lode

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055757
MRDS ID SD02499
Record type Site
Current site name Payday Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.60889, 43.62385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST 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

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 004E 11 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Beryl 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) -103.60889, 43.62385
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 6.1M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. D. Pitts Of Pringle, Sd

Comments on the production information

  • FELDSPAR, MICA AND BERYL HAVE BEEN PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHALLOW PITS, 3 OF WHICH WERE FOR MICA EXPLORATION

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. 165

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 175

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. THE CORE IS 18% BERYL. THE CRYSTALS ARE SMALL; AVERAGE SIZE IS 1.5 IN, BERYL IS DISTRIBUTED UNEVENLY THROUGHOUT THE DIKE. A MICA-RICH ZONE 2 FT X 160 FT EXTENDS ALONG THE FOOTWALL, MICA IS 5-6% OF THE ZONE. ANOTHER MICA ZONE ALONG THE HANGING WALL CONTAINS 3% SCRAP MICA, BOOKS AVERAGE 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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