Mine detail: Big Chief Mine

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.86524, -103.38195
dep_id: 10055681
mrds_id: SD02295
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica
Minor mineral: Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Feldspar, Mica
gangue: Garnet, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite, Torbernite, Triphylite, Vivianite
orebody_fm: DIKES
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
  • Deposit:: MOORE, PAUL B., KAMPF, ANTHONY R., AND IRVING, ANTHONY J., 1974, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 59, PP. 900-905.
  • Deposit:: RITZ, CHARLES, ESSERE, ERIC J., AND REACOR, DONALD R., 1974, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 59, PP. 896-899.
  • Deposit:: MOORE, PAUL B., 1971, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 56, PP. 1-17./BAUER, WERNER H., 1969, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 54, PP. 1312-1323./ROBERTS W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
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