Mine detail: Rives Lode

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Location: Custer County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.70496, -103.50389
dep_id: 10011969
mrds_id: D007181
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar, Mica
gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Large Sheet Mica Is Found In Seams
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Pegmatite,Granite
tectonic: Southern Black Hills
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770
  • 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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