King Lithia Prospect

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lithium, Beryllium, Feldspar
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055774
MRDS ID SD02521
Record type Site
Current site name King Lithia Prospect
Alternate or previous names Equality, King Fraction, King Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.39223, 43.87024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF GLENDALE, SOUTH DAKOTA. IT IS ADJACENT TO THE PINK ELEPHANT PROSPECT.

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 15 SE OF SW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1954 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Spodumene Ore
Apatite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Albite Is Limonite Stained

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) -103.39223, 43.87024

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 21 NE
    Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Arthur Johnson Of Glendale

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 15-SPODUMENE. ITEM 17-AMBLYGONITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT; OPEN TRENCH PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE DIKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM CIRC 7707, P 75.

  • Deposit

    SDSMT BULL 18

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 247, P. 141 - 142.

  • Production

    USBM CIRC 7707, P. 75

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