The High Climb Lode is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8553, -103.62560
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High Climb Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Climb Lode
Commodity
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Josephine Heidepriem And Gladys Wells
Percent: 67.00
Home Office: Custer, Sd
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: The Estate Of Eric Hiedepriem Of Custer S Dakota
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
Comment (Production): Production cited by Adams and Stoll (in Page and others, p. 131) is as follows: Amblygonite 100 to 350 tons Beryl 60 tons Scrap mica 100 tons (including about 150 pounds of punch and plate mica) Feldspar 150 to 180 tons Columbite 100 pounds
References
Reference (Deposit): FISHER D J PEGMATITES OF THE CUSTER DISTRICT S DAKOTA GEOL S
Reference (Deposit): EPT INVES NO 44 1942 PP 17-4
Reference (Deposit): PAGE LINCOLN R ET AL PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 BLACK
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA U S GEO SURV PROF PAPER 247 P 58,131 P121
Reference (Deposit): REDDEN J A GEOLOGY OF THE BERNE QUADRANGLE BLACK HILLS S DAK
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURV BULL 1015-C 1955 P 40
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