Location: | Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 43.88218, -103.40556 |
dep_id: | 10011957 |
mrds_id: | D007164 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Lithium |
Minor mineral: | Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Tantalum |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite, Spodumene |
gangue: | Albite, Calcite, Holmquistite, Hornblende, Pyrite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR DIKES |
alteration: | The Core Spodumene Crystals Range From Fresh To Highly Altered. |
Reporter: | Barari, Rachel A. |
hrock_type: | Pegmatite |
arock_type: | Pegmatite |
tectonic: | Southern Black Hills |
Year first produced: | 1917 |
References: |
- Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, 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:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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