Mine detail: Tip Top Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.71552, -103.66974

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Lithium
Ore: Beryl, Lithiophilite, Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue: Albite, Amblygonite, Apatite, Purpurite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: CRESCENT-SHAPED DIKE
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Quartz Two-Mica Schist;Harney Peak Granite
Host type:Mica Schist
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSSD02293
DEP10055679
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.J., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 44}{Deposit:: BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10}{Deposit:: BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND MCGREGOR, D.J., 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11}{Production:: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 / SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL REPORTS 10 AND 11.}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.