The Oreville Spar Mica Mine is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8597, -103.62250
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Oreville Spar Mica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oreville Spar Mica Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Hill City District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Monument
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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
Unknown: Amblygonite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Feldspar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS NOTED FOR ITS OCCURRENCES OF SHEET MICA. CASSIT FOUND ONLY AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SINGLE LARGE OPEN CUT (100 FT LON FT DEEP, 10-15 FT WIDE) AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2. 1955, USBM IC
Reference (Deposit): P 79.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN, 1955, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942-1945, BL
Reference (Deposit): HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 174-5.
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