The Wilhelm Mine is a mine located in Custer county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8292, -103.65830
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Wilhelm Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilhelm Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Law, Dorothy H.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Dixion, Il
Info Year: 1976
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): THIS PURCHASE OF OWNERSHIP WAS MADE IN 1905 AND HAS NOT BEEN IN THE COURTHOUSE RECORDS HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
Comment (Production): Guiteras (1940, p.50) states that the mine produced about 5,000 tons of feldspar during the Schundler operation.
References
Reference (Deposit): S GEOL SURV PRO PAPER 297-F 1968 PP 343-408
Reference (Deposit): REDDEN JACK A GEOLOGYOF THE BERNE QUADRANGLE BLACK HILLS S D
Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 247 1953 P58
Reference (Deposit): PAGE LINCOLN R ET AL PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 BLACK
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