Mine detail: Ferguson Lode Claim

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.87635, -103.36778
dep_id: 10012470
mrds_id: D008116
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Feldspar
gangue: Albite, Apatite, Cassiterite, Cleavelandite, Columbite, Goethite, Graphite, Microcline, Muscovite, Opal, Plagioclase, Quartz, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Uraninite, Uranophane, Vivianite, Zircon
orebody_fm: TABULAR DIKE
alteration: Iron-Stained
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: The Pegmatite Is On The Southern End Extremity Of A N-S Ridge.
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 71-72.
  • Deposit:: DANAS SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY, ED VOL 2, P. 952-953.
  • Deposit:: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS
  • Deposit:: SPRING, S. G., AND ANDERSON, D. W., 1957, A GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE FERGUSON PEGMATITE, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.
  • Production:: USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 72.
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