| Deposit ID | 10104255 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SD02294 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peerless Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Monarch, Monitor, Protector |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.42028, 43.89024 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1390 |
| Relative position | 0.25 MILES SOUTH OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 002S | 006E | 08,09 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Lithium Critical | Secondary |
| Tin Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Albite | Ore |
| Amblygonite | Ore |
| Beryl | Ore |
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Lithiophilite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Andalusite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Chrysoberyl | Gangue |
| Cleavelandite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Stannite | Gangue |
| Staurolite | Gangue |
| Svanbergite | Gangue |
| Uraninite | Gangue |
| Uranophane | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -103.42028, 43.89024 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR LENS |
|---|---|
| Plunge | NE 50 |
| Length | 141.73M |
| Width | 83.82M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keystone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Northwest Beryllium Co. And Newton And Cordes |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Keystone Feldspar And Chemical Co |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SD02294 |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
ACKERMAN, W.C., 1952, THE PEERLESS PEGMATITE, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10/BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND MCGREGOR, D.J., 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11
1950 DIREXPL
1950 DIREXPL FEDERAL BUREAU OF MINES
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 / SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORTS 10 AND 11
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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