Mine detail: Phelps Lode

Previously called 'Roosevelt Lode'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.80802, -103.61389

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Lithium, Mica
Ore: Feldspar, Mica
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: DIKELIKE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Quartzite And Schist
Host type:Quartzite,Schist,Granite
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSSD02253
DEP10104247
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}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707}
ReporterBarari, Rachel A.