Mine detail: Highland Mine

Previously called 'Ross MineJohn Ross Lode'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.76635, -103.67863

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar
Secondary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Lithium
Ore: Albite, Beryl, Lithiophilite, Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue: Apatite, Cassiterite, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Uraninite, Uranophane, Vivianite, Zircon
Orebody form: ELLIPTICAL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1907

Geology

Host rock:Quartz Two-Mica Schist
Host type:Mica Schist
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSSD02328
DEP10055707
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., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT 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}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.