New York Mine

Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055767
MRDS ID SD02512
Record type Site
Current site name New York Mine
Alternate or previous names Westinghouse No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.6864, 43.70246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1614
Relative position DRIVE SW FROM CUSTER 4.7 MILES ON U. S. HIGHWAY 16, THEN SOUTH 2.4 MILES ON A COUNTY ROAD, AND EAST ON A DIRT ROAD 0.4 MILES TO THE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(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 004E 18 SW OF NE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE SECTION; 1/2 MILE SW OF THE HELEN BERYL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Tantalite Ore
Amblygonite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Lepidolite Gangue
Spodumene 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) -103.6864, 43.70246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Shear Zones, Quartz Veins, Aplite Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Length 198.12M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 0.25-0.50% OF THE WALL ZONE MATERIAL IS BERYL WITH NUMEROUS INCLUSIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New York Mine Corp.
    Home office Denver, Co

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 AND 2: HANGING WALL. ITEM 3: FOOTWALL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 93.57M
    Overall width 146.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL LEVELS ARE AT 100, 200 AND 300 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. 149

  • Deposit

    SDSMT BULL 18

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 163-170

  • Production

    USGS PP 247, P. 169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE SMALL CLAIM, 300 BY 1500 FEET, IS PATENTED. THE DIKE NARROWS 8 FT IN EACH 100 FT OF DEPTH. COMPLEX DIKE-5 ZONES. SHEET MICA

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.

External references