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West Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055802
MRDS ID SD02559
Record type Site
Current site name West Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.54528, 43.72774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.75 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 05 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Gangue
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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metaquartzite
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALS ARE MIXED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Custer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp., Trenton, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPENCUTS. THE SECOND CUT IS THE SAME SIZE, BUT 7 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BURAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, P. 174

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPATENTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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