The Sweepstakes Beryl is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,322 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.7128, -103.69640
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Sweepstakes Beryl MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sweepstakes Beryl
Secondary: Helen Beryl
Commodity
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Schallenkamp, Ernest And Alice
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Salem, Sd
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
Comment (Production): Staatz and others (1963, p. 139) report the following production between 1943 and June 1948: Potassium feldspar (tons) 2,484.68 Scrap mica (tons) 57.3 Spodumene (tons) 211.55 Beryl (tons) 30.5 Tantalite ore (tons) 2 The above figures include 120 tons of spodumene, 15 tons of beryl, and 2 tons of tantalite ore estimated from stockpiles at the mine. The latter was rough-cobbed, and was estimated to be about 1.3 tantalite, 2/3 rock.
References
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