The King Mica Mine is a feldspar, beryllium, and mica mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,482 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: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica
Lat, Long: 43.87917, -103.40556
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King Mica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Mica Mine
Secondary: White Cap
Secondary: Primer
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Lithium
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Keystone District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Black Hills
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Friend G. Robertson
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Amblygonite
Ore: Lithiophilite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Lazulite
Gangue: Tantalite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 ZONES
Comment (Workings): THE SECOND OPENCUT IS 70 FT BY 15 FT BY 15 FT.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS CONFORMABLE WITH THE ENCLOSING MICA SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 75-76.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.
Reference (Production): USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 76.
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