Highland Lode

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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. 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 10177694
MAS/MILS ID 0460330024
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Lode
Alternate or previous names Highland Mine, John Ross Mine, Ross Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.67867, 43.76636 (WGS84)
Elevation 5080
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(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 003 S 004 E 30 NENENE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.67867, 43.76636

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. And N. M. Roberts
    Interest 50
    Home office Custer, Sd
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. D And Virginia Nelson Of Custer S Dakota
    Interest 50
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • Production from 1938 through 1944 is summarized below:
    Feldspar 9,478 tons
    Beryl 78.71 tons
    Mica
    sheet 31.80 pounds, punch 147.5 pounds, scrap 331.5 pounds
    Columbite 100 pounds
    Total production of columbite has been several hundred pounds, according to Page and others (p. 133).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS,J.R.MINING OF FELDSPAR &ASSOCIATED MIN.IN THE S.B.H

  • Deposit

    . BU.MINES 1C 7112,1940.P60

  • Deposit

    U.S.BU.MINES STAFF.REGION V. B.H.MIN.ATLAS,S.D:PART II,1C 77

  • Deposit

    P 89.

  • Deposit

    PAGE LINCOLN R AND OTHERS PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 B

  • Deposit

    LLS S DAKOTA USGS PROF PAPER 247 1953 PP 58 131-33 P123

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-83 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.

External references