The High Climb Mine is a feldspar, beryllium, mica, and lithium mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,030 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,030 Feet (1,838 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Lithium
Lat, Long: 43.85222, -103.61889
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High Climb Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Climb Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Primary: Lithium
Secondary: Tantalum
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: Gladys Wells And Fred Heidepriem
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1932
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
Form: IRREGULAR-SHAPED DIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Black Hills Uplift
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Spodumene Is Highly Altered. Albite Has Replaced Microcline
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
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Amblygonite
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Spodumene
Gangue: Uranophane
Gangue: Triphylite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4
Comment (Development): SINGLE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM - 20 ACRES
Comment (Deposit): INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF CLEAVELANDITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE, AND AMBLYGONITE AND A CORE OF QUARTZ-SPODUMENE.
Comment (Workings): QUARRY AND THREE PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Geology): THE PEGMATITE IS COARSE TO VERY COARSE GRAINED, UNEVENLY SEGREGATED PLUTONIC IGNEOUS ROCK OF MODIFIED GRANITIC COMPOSITION.
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. JEROME, 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINERALOGY OF SOME PEGMATITES NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 50
Reference (Deposit): FISHER, D. JEROME, 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 44
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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