The Come Along Lode is a feldspar mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 43.78778, -103.54944
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Come Along Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Come Along Lode
Secondary: Now Includes the Flora Tin Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Tin
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: Robert Davis
Home Office: Custer, S.D.
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: DIKELIKE
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
Analytical Data: SOME OF THE FELDSPAR IS OF GOOD QUALITY
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): DUMP MATERIAL SHOWS A SMALL AMOUNT OF CASSITERITE
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER OF SECTION 17
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): THE OPENCUT FOLLOWS THE FOOT WALL OF THE DIKE. THE THE SHAFT IS AT THE WEST END OF THE CUT IN THE OLD FLORA TIN PROSPECT
Comment (Geology): MOST OF THE QUARTZ IS IN BUNCHES WITH THE MICA
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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