The Ferguson Lode Claim is a feldspar and beryllium mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.87639, -103.36722
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Ferguson Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ferguson Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Black Hills
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: TABULAR DIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Pegmatite Is On The Southern End Extremity Of A N-S Ridge.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron-Stained
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: FELDSPAR = 13.1% K2O AND 2.0% NA2O.
Materials
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Uranophane
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Vivianite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Cassiterite
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Spodumene
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Uraninite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE NW OF THE WOOD TIN LODE.
Comment (Deposit): THE FERGUSON PEGMATITES CONSIST OF 2 TABULAR SUB-PARALLEL PEGMATITES. FOUR ZONES ARE PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 71-72.
Reference (Deposit): DANAS SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY, ED VOL 2, P. 952-953.
Reference (Deposit): ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS
Reference (Deposit): SPRING, S. G., AND ANDERSON, D. W., 1957, A GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE FERGUSON PEGMATITE, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.
Reference (Production): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 72.
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