The Black Diamond Mine is a lithium mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Lithium
Lat, Long: 43.70278, -103.57694
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Black Diamond Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lithium
Secondary: Mica
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: The Sutherland And Bond Families, Custer, South Dakota
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
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
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: Spodumene
Ore: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SPODUMENE IS 1 - 4 FT THICK
Comment (Deposit): LIES ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST SLOPE OF A 150 FT RIDGE. AT THE NORTH END THE PEGMATITE IS ONLY 14 FT WIDE. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Workings): THE OTHER CUT IS 50 BY 25 BY 14 FT. THE DRIFT IS 20 FT LONG
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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