The Monkey Lode is a feldspar, beryllium, and mica mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,322 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica
Lat, Long: 43.88222, -103.55694
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Monkey Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monkey Lode
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Basil And Claude Canfield And Carl Pettit
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: DIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mica Is Air Stained.
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Albite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): COMMERCIAL MICA AND BERYL ARE LOCATED ALONG THE WALL IN A ZONE OF QUARTZ-ALBITE-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS ON THE UPPER OR HANGING WALL SURFACE OF THE DIKE.
References
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770
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