Beryl Mica Lode

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104265
MRDS ID SD02450
Record type Site
Current site name Beryl Mica Lode
Alternate or previous names Dakota Feldspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.55667, 43.63329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRINGLE, 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 005S 005E 08 NW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Mica Ore
Microcline 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.55667, 43.63329

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE DIKE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Pringle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dakota Feldspar Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall width 5.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST MICA WAS MINED THROUGH A GLORY HOLE ABOVE A CROSSCUT. FELDSPAR WAS MINED THROUGH A LARGE OPEN CUT FOLLOWING THE DIKE.

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

    USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 186

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE ARE NORTH WALL ZONE MEASUREMENTS. FELDSPAR IS FROM A 10 FT THICK MASS THAT FORMED THE SOUTH WALL OF THE OLD MICA ZONE. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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