The New York is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.7022, -103.68560
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New York MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York
Secondary: Westinghouse No 1
Secondary: New York Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Mica
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
District: Custer District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Feldspar
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Spodumene
Unknown: Tantalite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Alabandite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Columbite
Unknown: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REFER TO PLATES 29, 30, + 31 (USGS PP 247) FOR GEOLOGICAL PL SECTION MAPS OF THE NEW YORK MINE. RESERVE ESTIMATES TAKEN FROM USGS PP 247, P169-70. PEGMATITE IS DIVIDED INTO 5 DISTINCT ZONES. WALL ZONE CONTAI MINABLE MICA. BERLY IS MINED AS BI-PRODUCT AND OCCURS IN A ZONES. CASSITERITE FOUND AS MINOR OCCURRENCE IN CLEAVELAN QUARTZ ZONE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 307-FT VERTICAL SHAFT, 1800 FT OF D 400 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND 130,000 SQ FT OF STOPES. PRINCIPAL INGS ARE LOCATED IN WALL ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCH OF MINES BULL 17, P31-2.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, FRANCIS C, 1937, THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOT
Reference (Deposit): BLACKS HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. USGS PROP PAPER 247, P163-170.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
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