Mine detail: Beecher No. 2

Previously called 'Longview Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.70718, -103.57639

Resource(M)

Primary: Lithium
Ore: Spodumene
Gangue: Albite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: ELONGATE

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartzite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Tectonic:Southern Black Hills

References

MRDSSD02441
DEP10055717
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}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.