Mine detail: Champion Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.87829, -103.40195

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar, Beryllium
Secondary:	Mica
Ore:	Beryl, Feldspar, Mica
Gangue:	Quartz, Spodumene
Orebody form:	DIKE
Discovery year:	1939

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Tectonic:	Southern Black Hills
Alteration processes:	Iron Stain, Some Altered Spodumene

References

MRDS	D007200
DEP	10101684
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.