Sweepstakes Beryl

The Sweepstakes Beryl is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,322 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

Name: Sweepstakes Beryl  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Custer

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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