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Mica King Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
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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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104252
MRDS ID SD02282
Record type Site
Current site name Mica King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.52112, 43.75218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 5.5 MILES 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

Custer(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 003S 005E 33 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Most Of The Mica Is Badly Stained

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.52112, 43.75218
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • MICA AND FELDSPAR HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE DEPOSIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 44.2M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OPENCUT IS 80 FT DEEP IN PLACES; OTHER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES AN OLD SHAFT, A SHORT ADIT AND SEVERAL SMALL OPENCUTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: INTERMEDIATE ZONE ADJACENT TO CORE IS THE ONLY ONE OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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 FOUR ZONES ARE PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 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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