The Put Lode is a beryllium mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.85417, -103.37222
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Put Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Put Lode
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Unorganized 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
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Feldspar Corp.
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: KNOB
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
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: Beryl
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST WEST OF THE BERYL LODE AND SOUTH OF THE BIG SMOKE NO.2
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1942 WAS NOT RECORDED. ITEM 1 - AMOUNT RECOVERED FROM 20 TONS OF ROCK.
Comment (Development): FULL-SIZED UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT INTO THE HILLSIDE THAT IS 34. FT HIGH AT THE FACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
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