| Deposit ID | 10202275 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0460330009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New York |
| Alternate or previous names | Westinghouse No 1, New York Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.68617, 43.70216 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1609 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Custer(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fourmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Angostura Reservoir(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 | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | 004 S | 004 E | 18 | C | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alabandite | Unknown |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Spodumene | Unknown |
| Tantalite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -103.68617, 43.70216 |
|---|
| Strike | N40E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 195M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | Custer District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0460330009 |
PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
BLACKS HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROP PAPER 247, P163-170.
LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT
SOUTH DAKOTA SCH OF MINES BULL 17, P31-2.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REFER TO PLATES 29, 30, + 31 (USGS PP 247) FOR GEOLOGICAL PL SECTION MAPS OF THE NEW YORK MINE. RESERVE ESTIMATES TAKEN FROM USGS PP 247, P169-70. PEGMATITE IS DIVIDED INTO 5 DISTINCT ZONES. WALL ZONE CONTAI MINABLE MICA. BERLY IS MINED AS BI-PRODUCT AND OCCURS IN A ZONES. CASSITERITE FOUND AS MINOR OCCURRENCE IN CLEAVELAN QUARTZ ZONE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 307-FT VERTICAL SHAFT, 1800 FT OF D 400 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND 130,000 SQ FT OF STOPES. PRINCIPAL INGS ARE LOCATED IN WALL ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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