The Black Diamond is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,188 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,188 Feet (1,886 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8394, -103.66440
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Black Diamond MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond
Commodity
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Public Domain U S Forest Service
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A 6 TO 7 FOOT VEIN OF QTZ CUTS PC SCHIST AND DIPS STEEPLY N WOLFRAMITE IS DISSEMINATED IN SMALL MASSES IN THE QTZ AND MI DEVELOPMENT IS A SERIES OF SMALL PROSPECT TRENCHES AND PITS 50 FEET OF THE VEIN PROSPECT ONLY-NO RECORDED PRODUCTION PROPERTY WAS NOT VISITED IN THE FIELD FOR THIS REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S DAK STATE PLANNING BOARD 1936 TUNGSTE
Reference (Deposit): G IN SOUTH DAKOTA P 24
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 1937 P 125
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS CAPT J ENG AND MIN JOUR VOL 54 1892 HARNEY PEAK TIN M
Reference (Deposit): 513
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