The Bob Ingersoll Mine is a lithium, beryllium, and mica mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,990 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,990 Feet (1,521 Meters)
Commodity: Lithium, Beryllium, Mica
Lat, Long: 43.74472, -103.45333
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Bob Ingersoll Mine MRDS details
Site Name
                            
                            Primary: Bob Ingersoll Mine
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Ben Butler Mine
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Horace Greeley Mine
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Ingersoll Group
                        
                
Commodity
                                        
                Primary: Lithium
                
                            
                Primary: Beryllium
                
                            
                Primary: Mica
                
                            
                Secondary: Tin
                
                            
                Secondary: Tantalum
                
                            
                Secondary: Feldspar
                
                        
Location
                                                State: South Dakota 
                                                County: Pennington 
                                                District: Keystone District 
                    
Land Status
                                                Land ownership: National Forest
                        Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
                        
                                                Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest                    
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
                Owner Name: Black Hills Keystone Co.
                Owner Name: Keystone Chemical Co.
                Years: 1965 - 
Production
Not available
Deposit
                            Record Type: Site
                Operation Category: Past Producer
                Operation Type: Unknown
                Years of Production: 
                Organization: 
                Significant: N
                Deposit Size: S
           
        
Physiography
                General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
                Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
                Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
                                                                            Form: PIPE-SHAPED DIKES
                                    
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
    
                    Name: Pegmatite
                    Role: Associated
                    Age Type: Host Rock
                    Age Young: Neoproterozoic
    
                    Name: Pegmatite
                    Role: Associated
                    Age Type: Associated Rock
                    Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
                                       
                    Ore: Spodumene 
                           
                    Ore: Cleavelandite 
                           
                    Ore: Feldspar 
                           
                    Ore: Muscovite 
                           
                    Ore: Amblygonite 
                           
                    Ore: Beryl 
                           
                    Ore: Cassiterite 
                           
                    Ore: Lepidolite 
                           
                    Gangue: Staurolite 
                           
                    Gangue: Uranophane 
                           
                    Gangue: Uraninite 
                           
                    Gangue: Zircon 
                           
                    Gangue: Almandite 
                           
                    Gangue: Triphylite 
                           
                    Gangue: Microlite 
                        
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MASSES OF AMBLYGONITE UP TO 8 TONS. SINGLE BERYL CRYSTALS UP TO 30 TONS IN DIKE NO. 2
Comment (Production): PLUS MATERIAL STILL IN STOCKPILE DECEMBER 31, 1944
Comment (Deposit): FIVE DIKES APPEAR ON THE PROPERTY OF WHICH TWO - THE NO. 1 AND NO. 2 HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED. DIKE NO. 1 IS A STEEP PIPELIKE BODY WHICH DIPS SE. DIKE NO. 2 IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION AT THE MAIN LEVEL IS 110 BY 80 FEET. THE DIKES ARE WELL ZONED AND CONTAINS MASSES OF AMBLYGONITE UP TO 8 TONS AND BERYL CRYSTALS UP TO 30 TONS. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): DIKE NO. 1 - MINED BY A GLORY HOLE. DIKE NO. 2 - MINED BY OPENCUT, GLORY HOLE, AND BY STOPING IN A SUBLEVEL.
References
                
                                        Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA:  PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707 
                                                                
            
                
                                        Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18 
                                                                
            
                
                                        Reference (Deposit): HENKES, WILLIAM C., MCGREGOR,  DUNCAN J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1967, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1965, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL ECONOMIC REPORT 13 
                                                                
            
                
                                        Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA:  PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707;  HENKES, WILLIAM C., MCGREGOR , DUNCAN J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1967, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1965, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL MINERAL ECONOMIC REPORT 13 
                                                                
            
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