Mine detail: Climax Mica Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.76302, -103.55278

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Albite, Amblygonite, Quartz, Triphylite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

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

References

MRDSD007204
DEP10011984
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, 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}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.