Mine detail: Queen Claim

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.86913, -103.38167
dep_id: 10055685
mrds_id: SD02300
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Microcline
gangue: Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz, Tenorite, Tourmaline, Vanadinite
orebody_fm: DIKE
work_type: Surface
alteration: Microcline Is Stained Yellow
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:: 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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