The Fern Cliff Prospect is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,908 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,908 Feet (1,496 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8458, -103.37920
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Fern Cliff Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fern Cliff Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Other
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 QTZ VEINS ONE STRIKING N AND THE OTHER STRIKING N30W JOIN A VEIN 4 FT WIDE WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE OCCUR AS SEGREGATIONS IN QTZ AND AR IATED WITH PYRITE BELOW OXIDIZATION ZONE SHAFTS WERE SUNK TO 24 AND 30 FT WHERE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING TO E WHICH IS NOW INACCESSIBLE EXPLORATORY DRILLING WAS DONE IN 1944 BUT NO ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1914 3000 LBS OF CONCENTRATED ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1939 75 TONS OF SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED WHICH IS THE LAST ION ON RECORD HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 1918 P 62 63
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7707 P 85 86
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