The Beck Lode is a feldspar mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 43.74722, -103.51444
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Beck Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beck Lode
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Mica
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerf Beck
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mica
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): W 1/2 ; JUST NORTH OF TINSLEY MINE
Comment (Production): ITEM 1 - 5 TONS OF SORTED FELDSPAR WERE PRODUCED A DAY { ITEM 2 - DURING 2 MONTHS IN 1942
Comment (Deposit): THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PEGMATITE IS GOOD QUALITY FELDSPAR. BERYL IS FOUND IN CRYSTALS 1 INCH TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
Comment (Workings): THE ELIPTICAL PIT IS 20 FEET DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1955 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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