Mine detail: High Climb Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.85218, -103.61946

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Lithium
Secondary:	Tantalum
Ore:	Amblygonite, Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Muscovite
Gangue:	Cleavelandite, Quartz, Sericite, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Triphylite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR-SHAPED DIKE
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Quartz Two-Mica Schist
Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Black Hills Uplift
Alteration processes:	Spodumene Is Highly Altered. Albite Has Replaced Microcline

References

MRDS	SD02291
DEP	10055678
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. JEROME, 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINERALOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50}{Deposit:: FISHER, D. JEROME, 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 44}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.