The White Elephant Mine is a feldspar and beryllium mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.65611, -103.58278
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White Elephant Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Elephant Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Tantalum
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Pringle 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
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Briggs Manufacturing Co.
Years: 1963 -
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: ELLIPTICAL
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: Beryl
Ore: Feldspar
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Triphylite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT 60 TO 90 FT DEEP, 30 TO 80 FT WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG. BENCHES 10 FT HIGH ARE CARRIED ACROSS THE ADVANCING FACES.
Comment (Deposit): THE FELDSPAR BODY INSIDE THE PEGMATITE IS FROM 30-80 FT WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): AM MIN, VOL 59, P. 48-59.
Reference (Deposit): ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS
Reference (Production): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 166-167; SDGS MR 10, P. 5; SDGS MR 11, P. 5.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707, P. 166-167
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