Wilhelm Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodities 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 10299522
MAS/MILS ID 0460330029
Record type Site
Current site name Wilhelm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.65887, 43.82916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
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 002 S 004 E 32 SE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.65887, 43.82916

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 Law, Dorothy H.
    Interest 100
    Home office Dixion, Il
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • Guiteras (1940, p.50) states that the mine produced about 5,000 tons of feldspar during the Schundler operation.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE LINCOLN R ET AL PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 BLACK

  • Deposit

    DAKOTA U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 247 1953 P58

  • Deposit

    REDDEN JACK A GEOLOGYOF THE BERNE QUADRANGLE BLACK HILLS S D

  • Deposit

    S GEOL SURV PRO PAPER 297-F 1968 PP 343-408

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PURCHASE OF OWNERSHIP WAS MADE IN 1905 AND HAS NOT BEEN IN THE COURTHOUSE RECORDS 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