The Big Spar No. 1 Mine is a feldspar, mica, and beryllium mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.75444, -103.65250
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Big Spar No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Spar No. 1 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Custer District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Black Hills
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Feldspar Corp.
Home Office: Trenton, N.J.
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
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
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Albite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO ZONES, A LARGE MASS OF PEGMATITE.
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF BERYL.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 114-115.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 247, P. 74.
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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