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King Mica Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Lithium
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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. 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 10097814
MRDS ID D008107
Record type Site
Current site name King Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names White Cap, Primer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.40612, 43.87913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 0.5 MILE EAST OF THE ETTA MINE, 1.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rushmore(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 16 NW OF NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Lithium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Lithiophilite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Lazulite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Tantalite Gangue
Tetrahedrite 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 > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.40612, 43.87913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 60NE
    Length 106.68M
    Width 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS CONFORMABLE WITH THE ENCLOSING MICA SCHIST.

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
Area name Black Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Friend G. Robertson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SECOND OPENCUT IS 70 FT BY 15 FT BY 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 75-76.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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