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Big Smoke Group

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Beryllium, 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055760
MRDS ID SD02503
Record type Site
Current site name Big Smoke Group
Alternate or previous names Trail Hill Feldspar Dike, Big Smoke No 1, Big Smoke No 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.37528, 43.85774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ON CUSTER-PENNINGTON COUNTY LINE 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002S 006E 23 SW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE PUT AND BERYL CLAIMS ON THE NORTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BERYL OCCURS IN IRREGULAR SEGREGATIONS OF MICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite 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) Metabasalt
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip STEEPLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp. Of Trenton, N. J.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIST OF AN L-SHAPED OPENCUT ABOUT 25 FEET IN EACH DIMENSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 67

  • Deposit

    SDSMT BULL 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL PEGMATITE DIKES ON THE CLAIMS. THE BIG SMOKE NO. 1 IS THE ONLY ONE OF PARTICULAR PROMISE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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