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High Climb Lode

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129453
MAS/MILS ID 0460330023
Record type Site
Current site name High Climb Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.62617, 43.85526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berne(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 002 S 004 E 22 SWSWSW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.62617, 43.85526
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Josephine Heidepriem And Gladys Wells
    Interest 67
    Home office Custer, Sd
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Estate Of Eric Hiedepriem Of Custer S Dakota
    Interest 33
    Home office South Dakota
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • Production cited by Adams and Stoll (in Page and others, p. 131) is as follows:
    Amblygonite 100 to 350 tons
    Beryl 60 tons
    Scrap mica 100 tons (including about 150 pounds of punch and plate mica)
    Feldspar 150 to 180 tons
    Columbite 100 pounds

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISHER D J PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT S DAKOTA GEOL S

  • Deposit

    EPT INVES NO 44 1942 PP 17-4

  • Deposit

    PAGE LINCOLN R ET AL PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 BLACK

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA U S GEO SURV PROF PAPER 247 P 58,131 P121

  • Deposit

    REDDEN J A GEOLOGY OF THE BERNE QUADRANGLE BLACK HILLS S DAK

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV BULL 1015-C 1955 P 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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