Mine detail: Etta Spodumene Mine

Previously called 'Etta Claim and Ferguson Claim'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.88079, -103.41889
dep_id: 10055688
mrds_id: SD02304
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica, Lithium, Tin
Minor mineral: Beryllium, Tantalum
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Albite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Spodumene, Wolframite
gangue: Barite, Biotite, Bismuth, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Diopside, Eucryptite, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Lazulite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Olivenite, Opal, Petalite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Vivianite
orebody_fm: PIPELIKE, ELLIPTICAL
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Schist
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: Pegmatite;Harney Peak Granite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1898
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
  • Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, G.M., 1925, GEOLOGY OF THE ETTA SPODUMENE MINE, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 20, PP. 646-659
  • Deposit:: FISHER, D.J., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINERALOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18 / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S.BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 / BIENIEWSKI, C.L., AND AGNEW, A.F., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10
  • 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 MINERALS REPORT 10
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