Sky-High Lode

Occurrence in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090893
MRDS ID D008140
Record type Site
Current site name Sky-High Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.53584, 43.61329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI BY ROAD EAST OF PRINGLE, SOUTH DAKOTA., 0.5 Mile Radius, 0.5 Mile Radius, 0.5 Mile Radius, 0.5 Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pringle(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 005S 005E 16 W2 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
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 Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.53584, 43.61329

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE-LIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Wheeler And W. W. Jolley
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner S. T. Gamber And W. E. Burr
    Home office Custer, S.D.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW HOLES HAVE BEEN DRILLED AND BLASTED IN THE OUTCROP.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM. THE FELDSPAR IS BLOCKY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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