Mine detail: Old Missouri Prospect

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Location: Custer County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.66968, -103.64362
dep_id: 10012478
mrds_id: D008124
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Biotite, Muscovite
gangue: Albite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR BRANCHING
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Fractures Filled With Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 247, P. 173-174.
  • Production:: USBM INFO CIRC 7707.
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