The Climax Mica Mine is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,358 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,358 Feet (1,633 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.7686, -103.55330
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Climax Mica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Climax Mica Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Beryllium
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: Located Claim
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: Tourmaline
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Alabandite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REFER TO PLATE 10 (USGS PP 247) FOR GEOLOGICAL PLAN MAP OF C DEPOSIT CLIMAX DEPOSIT IS AN IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR, DISTINCTLY-ZONED PEGMATITE. MICA IS FOUND THROUGHOUT WALL ZONE (1-4 FT THIC CASSITERITE FOUND AS ACCESSORY MINERAL MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 178-FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80, AND 160-FT. NO MICA FOUND BELOW THE 160-FT LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 247, P 89-91.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, LINCOLN R, ET AL, 1953, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS, 1942
Reference (Deposit): P 116.
Reference (Deposit): BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PT 2 . 1955, USBM I
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