The Highland Mine, John Ross Mine is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 16,667 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 16,667 Feet (5,080 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.7664, -103.67810
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Highland Mine, John Ross Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Highland Mine, John Ross Mine
Secondary: Highland Lode
Secondary: Ross Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Mica
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: K. D And Virginia Nelson Of Custer S Dakota
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: J. F. And N. M. Roberts
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Custer, Sd
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 from 1938 through 1944 is summarized below: Feldspar 9,478 tons Beryl 78.71 tons Mica sheet 31.80 pounds, punch 147.5 pounds, scrap 331.5 pounds Columbite 100 pounds Total production of columbite has been several hundred pounds, according to Page and others (p. 133).
References
Reference (Deposit): LLS S DAKOTA USGS PROF PAPER 247 1953 PP 58 131-33 P123
Reference (Deposit): P 89.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE LINCOLN R AND OTHERS PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 B
Reference (Deposit): . BU.MINES 1C 7112,1940.P60
Reference (Deposit): U.S.BU.MINES STAFF.REGION V. B.H.MIN.ATLAS,S.D:PART II,1C 77
Reference (Deposit): GUITERAS,J.R.MINING OF FELDSPAR &ASSOCIATED MIN.IN THE S.B.H
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