Mine detail: Red Bird Lode

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Location: Custer County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.69552, -103.63806
dep_id: 10012471
mrds_id: D008117
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Feldspar
gangue: Garnet, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: DIKE
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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