Scott's Rose Quartz Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Quartz, Mica, Feldspar, Lithium, 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. 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 10055784
MRDS ID SD02536
Record type Site
Current site name Scott's Rose Quartz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.51584, 43.71579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545
Relative position 7 MI SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER, 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 004S 005E 10 NW OF SW South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • WEST CORNER OF SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Lithium Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALSO SPECIMEN TOURMALINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Amblygonite Gangue
Chrysoberyl 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.51584, 43.71579

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fitzner, William
    First year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Scott Of Custer, Sd

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ROSE QUARTZ IS OVER $40,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OTHER PITS ARE 20 BY 40 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 176.

  • Deposit

    SDGS RI 44

  • Deposit

    SDGS RI 50

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 176, SDGS MR 15, P. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM OF ABOUT 20 ACRES. THE ROSE QUARTZ MASS (6-40 FT THICK) IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND IS EXPOSED THRU A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 30 FEET.

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.