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Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

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 Map Reference: 43°36'30"N , 103°35'36"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Albite
    var: Cleavelandite
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Alluaudite
    (Na,Ca)Mn
    2+
     
    		(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(F,O)|(PO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Arsenolite
    As
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·11H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Beraunite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Bermanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    4
    		[Mn
    3+
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Onyx'
    SiO
     
    2
    Description: One mile west of town.
    Reference: [SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"]
  		•  Chrysoberyl
    BeAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 57:54-55.]
  		•  Collinsite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Columbite
    (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Heterosite
    (Fe
    3+
     
    		,Mn
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
    Site Photo
    White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
    © Charles Creekmur
  		•  Hureaulite
    (Mn,Fe)
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    3
    		OH)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  'Jahnsite'
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  'K Feldspar'
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Laueite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Leucophosphite
    KFe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
    Site Photo
    White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Description: Pseudomorphs after pyrite
    Reference: [SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"]
  		•  Löllingite
    FeAs
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Messelite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 4, 2000]
  		•  'Mica Group'
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 57:54-55.]
  		•  Mitridatite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    3
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Montgomeryite
    Ca
     
    4
    		MgAl
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Parasymplesite
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Pharmacosiderite
    KFe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 6-7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Seaman, 1976. Pegmatite Minerals of the World.]
  		•  Phosphosiderite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 57:54-55.]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Rose Quartz
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
    Site Photo
    White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
    © jnemitz
  		•  Robertsite
    Ca
     
    3
    		Mn
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1988 52 : 505-508]
  		•  Rockbridgeite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Schneiderhöhnite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    3
    		[As
     
    5
    		O
     
    13
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Scorodite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		AsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Sicklerite
    (LiMn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 75:3 pp 156-169]
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"]
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Description: An iron-rich variety.
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60:113.]
  		•  Spodumene
    LiAl[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Stewartite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Strunzite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Symplesite
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Tantalite
    (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"]
  		•  Tavorite
    LiFe
    3+
     
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Tinsleyite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[OH|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Tridymite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Triphylite
    LiFe
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Seaman (1976) Pegmatite Minerals of the World.]
  		•  Walentaite (TL)
    H(Ca,Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Fe
    3+
    3
    		[(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)]
     
    4
    		 · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
    Colour: Bright yellow.
    Reference: [Dunn, P.J., D.R. Peacor, W.L. Roberts, T.J. Campbell, and R.A. Ramik (1984)Walentaite, a new calcium iron arsenate phosphate from the White Elephant mine, Pringle, South Dakota. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984: 169-174.]
    Site Photo
    White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
    © 2004 ROM
  		•  Whitlockite
    Ca
     
    9
    		Mg[PO
     
    3
    		OH][PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    6
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]
  		•  Xanthoxenite
    Ca
     
    4
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.]


    64 entries listed. 50 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

    Localities in this Region:
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    • South Dakota
      • Custer Co.
        • Custer District
          • Pringle
            • Wintergren Ranch

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