Mine detail: Buster Dike

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.73329, -103.61667

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica
Tertiary: Tantalum
Ore: Beryl, Cleavelandite, Muscovite
Gangue: Albite, Microcline, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

Host type:Mica Schist
Associated type:Pegmatite
Tectonic:Southern Black Hills

References

MRDSD007184
DEP10011970
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707}{Deposit:: FISHER, D.J., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINEROLOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.