The King Lithia Prospect is a lithium and beryllium mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Lithium, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.87028, -103.39167
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King Lithia Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Lithia Prospect
Secondary: Equality
Secondary: King Fraction
Secondary: King Lode
Commodity
Primary: Lithium
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone 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: J. Arthur Johnson Of Glendale
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Albite Is Limonite 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Amblygonite
Ore: Albite
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Spodumene
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Microcline
Comments
Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1954 EDITION
Comment (Production): ITEM 15-SPODUMENE. ITEM 17-AMBLYGONITE
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT; OPEN TRENCH PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM CIRC 7707, P 75.
Reference (Deposit): SDSMT BULL 18
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 247, P. 141 - 142.
Reference (Production): USBM CIRC 7707, P. 75
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