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Microcline from
Ross Mine, Berne, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Columbite-Tantalite1 photo of Microcline associated with Columbite-Tantalite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Microcline associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ross Mine, Berne, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:210932
Long-form Identifier:1:3:210932:9
GUID (UUID V4):f5c0ad7d-0200-4340-b20e-8a3dc75a6555
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
3.1km (1.9 miles) Wright Mica Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Highview Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Dubuque and Royal Flush Claims (Gayle Lode), Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
3.1km (2.0 miles) Dorothy V Prospect (Van), Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) Keystone Lode Occurrence, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Dorothy Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Tin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Crown Mine (McMackin Mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Tom Carroll Claim, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Rainbow No. 4 Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Report (issue)
Pegmatites of the Fourmile Quadrangle, Black Hills South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 297-D ...Pegmatites of the Fourmile Quadrangle, Black Hills South Dakota By JACK A. REDDEN PEGMATITES AND OTHER PRECAMBRIAN..._____________________ Cordierite-biotite and microcline-biotite schists_____________________________..._ ________ Quartz______________ Perthite and microcline. Muscovite. ___________ Other minerals ________...prospects-_--------------------Big Tom mine (pegmatite 64) -------------------Corky mine (pegmatite 58)____--_--------------Gayle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...of the CusterKeystone area, to the Homestake gold mine in Lead, to golden barite-bearing concretions east...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-1945 Black Hills, South Dakota By LINCOLN R. PAGE and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________...mines and prospects___________________ 60 Addie tin mine._________________________________ 60 Ajax claim...___________60 Aladin mica mine by J. W. Adams____________ 60 Ann mica mine by T. A. Steven_________________...Steven_________________ 61 Antler mica mine.._-___--__--__-___-_-_-___-___ 64 Apex claim.___-__________-_-----_---_--_-____64
Report (issue)
PEGMATITES OF PART OF THE FOURMILE AREA CUSTER COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA By Andrew J. Lang, Jr. and Jack A. Redden...PEGMATITES OF PART OF THE FOURMILE AREA CUSTER COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA By Andrew J. Lang, Jr. and Jack A. Redden...Cordierite-biotite schist.................... Microcline-biotite schist.................... Quartz-mica................... Pegmatite 12-B (Big Spar No. 1 mine).... Plagioclase-quartz-tourmaline pegmatite (wall...minerals .............. Pegmatite 57 (Silver Top lode mine)..... Plagioclase-quartz-perthite pegmatite (border
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND TEXAS BY MARGARET COOPER CONTENTS...Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, 1, Part 2, and Part 3 258 Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Section 2....North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas 262 souri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota...Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. It is Part 4 of a comprehensive...Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas; Index II, Geographical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced...Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF... 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl...b) 4 Sawtooth Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the Idaho batholith
Report (issue)
Some Pegmatites in the Southern Black Hills South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 297-E ...Some Pegmatites in the Southern Black Hills South Dakota By JAMES J. NORTON and others PEGMATITES AND...prospect.____________________________ Etta spodumene mine.______________________________ Geology-___ . __...303 305 305 307 310 312 314 315 Etta spodumene mine Continued Mineral deposits____--__--------------_-_------Eureka...spodumene prospect._________ Hot Shot feldspar and mica mine.. _____ Geology __________-_---_-_-----------__-_-----Mineral
Journal (issue)
the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto, pp....used on one other report. where the birds denoted mine villages in a region of Mexico. It predates the...Preliminary Report of Ex­ plorations in Nebraska and Dakota. in the Years 1855-56-57. Washington. I 875. Oc­...Black Hills, and adjacent pans of the Nebraska and Dakota regions was originally as an appendix to the Humphrey...topographic and geographic features from Kansas in the south to the Canadian border on the north. The map extends
Journal (issue)
the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto. pp....used on one other report. where the birds denoted mine villages in a region of Mexico. It predates the...Preliminary Report of Ex­ plorations in Nebraska and Dakota. in the Years 1855-56-57. Washington. 1875. Oc­...Black Hills. and adjacent pans of the Nebraska and Dakota regions was originally as an appendix to the Humphrey...topographic and geographic features from Kansas in the south to the Canadian border on the north. The map extends
Report (issue)
......... Carbonate rocks in the Bayhorse mining district..............................................Hobbs.................................... Bayhorse district subterrane.................................................................................... Mining activity.........................................114°20' W.) gravity low.......................... Custer graben........................................................................... Golden Sunbeam mine area...........................................
Report (issue)
Mines in the Smiley Creek Area of the Vienna Mining District, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho Victoria...Mines in the Smiley Creek Area of the Vienna Mining District, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho Victoria...Mines in the Smiley Creek Area of the Vienna Mining District, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho. . . . ....Mines in the Smiley Creek Area of the Vienna Mining District, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho. . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Vienna Mine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal
Report (issue)
sedimentary and intrusive rocks.... 2 Sunnyside Mine-Marble Creek area............................ 2...Fork Mayfield Creek area............ 12 Challis-Custer Graben-East Fork-Jerry Peak area............. 18...constants of Steiger and Jaeger (1977).] SUNNYSIDE MINE-MARBLE CREEK AREA Tl Tqp Tir Tds Tmi Tsu Tmx...description for Yellowjacket area Hornblende granite of Ross (1934) see description for Yellowjacket area YELLOWJACKET...quartz porphyry corresponds to the pink granophyre of Ross (1934). Some dikes are composite masses containing
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO BY CLYDE P. ROSS Prepared in cooperation with the...mines_________ Bayhorse district..______.__________--__--__-__-_--_-_.._ Good Hope mine.___________________________________...near Garden Creek._________-_-_-_____-.-__ Ramshorn mine._____.___-_______-___-.-_-__--_---__ Skylark mine________________...Juliette Creek.________________________ Beardsley mine--___-______--____-____.___-._---__ _ McGregor g...-_-_---__--_ .. Kuna mine.____________________.____._---_-_-__.__ Nameless mine._-_.__-_______-__-__-_-_-----_
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
muscovites are from pegmatites, nine from San Diego County, California. 2 Schaller, W. T., and Stevens, R...abundant almandine garnet. A'B.C' gem mine, Ramona, San Diego County, Calif. 3. Medium grained, resembling...pegmatite. Victor gem mine, Rincon, San Diego County, Calif. 5. Plumose muscovite in microcline graphic granite...dike (below the Stewart mine), at east base of Stewart Hill,, Pala, San Diego County, Calif. Although occurring...occurring in microcline graphic granite, adjacent to albitized pegmatite, the muscovite definitely belongs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geological studies in both field and Iaboratory. Mining geologists have made valuable paragenetic studies...of the series were lormed at Hobart Butte, Lane County, Oregon, probably in Miocene time by hydrothermal...found in the slates from the Lehigh-Northampton district of northeastern Pennsylvania. Identification of...Survey during a period of unusualiy widespread mining operations gave an exceptional opportunity for...geologists were engaged in this work, chiefly in South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico, the Southeastern
Report (issue)
Denver, Colorado 9 ^University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references on geology of the Black Hills in South Dakota and Wyoming. For purposes of this report, the... the area does not include the Bad Lands of South Dakota nor the bulk of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming...included in the bibliography. References for South Dakota are more complete than those for Wyoming. Both...geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming, with a section on Salable commodities
Book
what was probably one of the earliest hard-rock mining operations in the world. A necklase with a turquois...ancient workings of turquois were located on the south slopes of the Ali-Mirsa-Kuh mountains near Nishapur...rather convoluted account of the prospecting and mining of this mineral (Pliny, 38:33): "It [cal/aina,...brecciated metamorphosed rock phosphate at Moculta, South Australia Optical constants: Not certain; low birefringence...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals
Journal (issue)
Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...fossils. These fossils are particularly prevalent south of Donalda in the Drumheller area which is home...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...worldwide. In describing micro crystals from further south near Drumheller. Sabina supports the pseudocubic...provided me with a specimen from still further south near Manybcrrics. and also by Ty Ballacko (personal
Report (volume)
H. MclNTYRE Papers presented at the Northwest Mining Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, Dec...Branch of Distribution U.S. Geological Survey 604 South Pickett Street Alexandria, VA 22304 Library of...bulletin ; 1658A-S) "Papers presented at the Northwest Mining Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, Dec...Congresses. I. Mclntyre, David H. II. Northwest Mining Association (U.S.). Convention (1983 : Spokane...Related to Volcanic Subsidence in the Custer Graben, Custer County, Idaho, by D. H. Mclntyre and K. M.
Report (issue)
Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974, Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320...and Havens, R. G., 1962, Thalenite from Teller County, Colorado, Art. 121 in Geological Survey Research
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Etta mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota and a 6.1-meter (20-foot) microcline from Maine—tourmaline...in the Kinkel quarry near Bedford, Westchester County, New York. One fragmented group consisting of thirty-two...(1911) and Hamlin (1895), respectively. Further south, Figure 2. The Weidhass-Manchester reconstructed...in diameter, was found in a mica mine near Micaville, Randolph County, Alabama (Van Horn 1926). Even larger...were found in the Cochran mica mine near Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia. Many of these crystals
 
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