The Buster Dike is a feldspar, mica, and beryllium mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.73333, -103.61611
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Buster Dike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buster Dike
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Custer 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. T. Gamber
Home Office: Custer, S.D.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Black Hills Mining Co.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Microcline
Comments
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPLE DEVELOPMENT IS A 180 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 103 FT AND 142 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THE EXACT SIZE & SHAPE OF THE BUSTER PEGMATITE IS NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Production): ITEMS 8, 9, AND 10 WERE PRODUCED FROM 384 TONS CRUDE MICA
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): FISHER, D.J., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINEROLOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.
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