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Amblygonite from
Hugo Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Amblygonite
Formula:LiAl(PO4)F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amblygonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hugo Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:212363
Long-form Identifier:1:3:212363:9
GUID (UUID V4):d8a0eb8c-13d3-41b9-b427-175b7c612f53
Nearest other occurrences of Amblygonite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Dan Patch West Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) White Cap Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Edison Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Peerless Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) King Lithia Mine, Greyhound Gulch, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Sitting Bull pegmatite, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Wood Tin mine, Harney City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) Star Lode, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Tiger mine, Hayward, Pennington 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)
lithium_________________________________ History of lithium mining and production ________________________ Imports...deposits.._----___-____-________-__________ Amblygonite deposits._________________________________ Deposits..._._______.__ North and South Carolina.___---_______-_-_---__-__________ South Dakota________________...area._____________________________ Pala pegmatite district.__--___--___-_-______--_______._ Arizona, New...________________________ Future of the lithium mining industry________--__--___-___-______-___ Literature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphic rocks in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota JnvrnsJ. Nonrox* Branch of Central Mineral Resources...Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, U.S.A., and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Department of...Geology and Geological Engineering, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701,U.S.A. Ansrnlcr The pegmatite field and...Harney Peak Granite of the southern Black Hills, South Dakota, form an igneous system that progrcssesfrom...satellitic plutons in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota, are surrounded by a region containing about
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.___________________________________...Spodumene _______-_-____-_--____------____ 55 Amblygonite. ____-_--___-----__--__________ 56 Lepidolite__...__-__-__--___-__ 57 Prospecting for spodumene, amblygonite, and lepidolite ________ ______:.___-_____-_______-_-_...mines and prospects___________________ 60 Addie tin mine._________________________________ 60 Ajax claim
Report (issue)
Geology of the Hugo Pegmatite Keystone, South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 297-B Geology... Geology of the Hugo Pegmatite Keystone, South Dakota By J. J. NORTON, L. R. PAGE, and D. A. BROBST PEGMATITES...________ Zone 4: Quartz-cleavelandite-microcline-amblygonite pegmatite and quartz-cleavelandite* pegmatite-..._____________________________________ Replacement in the Hugo pegmatite.____-_____-_Mineral variations.______...the Hugo pegmatite, Keystone, S. Dak. Geologic map, underground workings, and sections of the Hugo pegmatite
Report (issue)
Near rringie, Pringle Southern Black Hills, South Dakota, "Vii ic«*rl Kw Caused by Rare-Mineral I tnckvrkncc»«4...Anomaly Near Pringle, Southern Black Hills, South Dakota, Possibly Caused by Unexposed Rare-Mineral Pegmatite...Products Section, U. S. Geological Survey, 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...group of pegmatites .............................. Mining and exploration for lithium minerals, beryl, and...of tantalite-columbite from the Etta pegmatite, Keystone, S. Dak. ....................................
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
Report (issue)
Deposits of the Peerless Pegmatite Pennington County South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Deposits of the Peerless Pegmatite Pennington County South Dakota By DOUGLAS M. SHERllDAN, HAL G. STEPHENS...__________________ Acknowledgments__________________________ Mine workings _____________________________________ Geology..._ Sada feldspar____________________________ Amblygonite-montebrasite ______-____.-_--_. Other minera...mica, potash feldspar, soda feldspar, beryl, amblygonite-montebrasite, tantalite-columbite, and cassiterite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPODUMENE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. G. M. MINE, SCHWARTZ. INTRODUCTION. THE Etta mine is known the world...importantproducerof lithium ore in the United States. Althoughthe mine has been repeatedlyreferred to, and briefly described...Superintendent of the Etta, for permissionto studyand map the mine and for many mineral specimens. I am especiallyindebtedto...analyticalwork. GENERAL FEATURES. History of the Mine.--Previous to I883 the Etta claim had beenworked...P. Blake• determined tin in samplesfrom the Etta mine which had been submitted to him for analysis. In
Report (issue)
(OH)0.85 F0.11 . Forms a series with amblygonite. Amblygonite group. A late primary and secondary mineral...pegmatite, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada. In the USA, at the Nevel quarry and Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford...White Picacho district, Maricopa Co., Arizona; in South Dakota, from the Peerless and Hugo mines, near...near Keystone, Pennington Co.; around Custer, Custer Co., at the Tip Top and Tin Mountain mines, with large...of Custer; at the Nesbit mine, Gunnison Co., Colorado; in the Stewart mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rtcrwooo Schoolof Applied Geologlt (Jniversityof New South |l'ales Kensington,N. S.W. 2033, Australia Abstract...(E1 9 2 3 , p . 3 6 2 ) . 5 PerticaE Italy. 2. Mine, Urbino, SULPIiIDES € SULPHOSALTS (i)SULTHIDES...70 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm from Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan, U.S.A. and which is in the Cranbrook...Collection, Central ResearchLaboratory, Mitsubishi Metal Mining Company, Yonu-Shi, Saitana prefecture, Japan; it...Moscow,U.S.S.R.is 35 Geological Survey, Pretoria, South Africa (pers. x 15 cm; Guillemin (1964,p.2; 1972
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CRYSTALS FROM THE PLUMBAGO NORTH PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE WILLIAM B. SIMMONS§ AND ALEXANDER U. FALSTER...Museum, Bethel, Maine, USA JAMES W. NIZAMOFF 64 Mineral Drive, Hebron, Maine, USA GARY FREEMAN Freeman...Freeman Resources, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine, USA Keywords: giant crystals, spodumene, montebrasite...on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. The pegmatite is spodumenerich and is potentially...Etta and Hugo pegmatites in South Dakota (Rickwood 1981): Spodumene – Etta Mine, South Dakota, USA – 14.3
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 (article/letter/editorial)
plagioclase, perthite,spodumene(or petalite),amblygonite, (6) quartz,spodumene (or petalite),(7) quartz...The most based on evidence from the Black Hills, South Da- prolificsources of problemshave beenlarge lithium...Perthitc-quartz 5 Perthite-quartz-plagioclase-amblygonite$podumene 6 Plagioclase-quartz-spodumene 7...x x X x x x x x GiantVolney X ? x x Hugo X X X X X X ? X x x Beechef lode x X...muscovite suitable for sheet Mineral Assemblages mica mining are mostcommonalonghangingwalls. The major vertical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which showedcrystal faces. In the Natas mine in middle South-West Africa such a vein in schistscarriescrystalsof...extendingfrom Kingston, 2 Dorpinghaus,W. T.: Amblygonite-ZinnVorkommenvon Caceresin Spanien. Ein neuer...pp. 1-49, I914. a Rickard, T. A.: A Journeyto South Africa. Eng. & Min. Jour. Press, vol. i2i, p....course,muchlarger. A massof amblygonite in the Peerlessmine at Keystone,S. Dak., had been exposedin I9o8... berylon theIngersollclaim2• milesnorthwestof Keystone,S. Dak., was 45 inchesacrossthe endbetween sides
Journal (issue)
call for appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from...the Department of Geology of the University of South Caro­ lina in Columbia. It was a pleasant and exhilerating...Department of Geology Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Perhaps the collection, begun...hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...surprisingly good specimens. Nowadays the University of South Carolina’s collection cannot be classed as one of
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...prospects-_--------------------Big Tom mine (pegmatite 64) -------------------Corky mine (pegmatite 58)____--_--------------Gayle...9)__________________ Red Spar mine (pegmatite 70)-___--__-___________ Rock Ridge mine (pegmatite 113)_________________...113)_________________ Warren Draw mine (pegmatite 12)________________ Geology.__________________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM THE ETTA MINE KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA By ARTHUR SMITH JR. The purpose of this article is...Rapid City. The Etta mine is located 1 mile south of Keystone. To reach the mine take Alternate Route...the railroad crossing in Keystone. Follow this road past the road to the Keystone Cemetery. At about 0.6...makes a Y ; the dumps of the Etta mine are directly ahead. To reach the mine follow the road to the right...right. phic knob, but mining has reduced this knob to an oval pit 230 by 220 feet and from 100 to 150 feet
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Collecting in the Black Hills Area of South Dakota 1957 By MARY S. SHAUB 159 Elm St., Northampton... The Black Hills and the adjacent areas in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming have long been famous...1925 and the opening up of many pegmatites in the Keystone area, interest has continued, and with the establishment...been focused more on the southwest section of South Dakota. Here the mineral collecting areas have been...sandcalcite crystal locality which is located 30 miles south of Interior. Approaching Interior from Cedar Pass
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM ZONED PEGMATITES OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA Peur L. Wnrs, [/. S. Geological Suruey,Washington25...Ross Mine) Bob Ingersoll No. 1 pegmatite BoblngersollNo.2pegmatite... Peerlesspegmatite. . . Hugo pegmatite...differencesexisted. The pegmatites of the Black Hills, South Dakota, were selected as being best suited for the...pegmatites in the Custer district, and the Bob Ingersoll No. 1 and No. 2, the Etta, Hugo, Peerless,Dan Patch...Patch No. 2, and Hesnard pegmatites in the Keystone district were sampled. Selection was based on the exposuresavailable
Journal (issue)
White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...feet. It was mined on the farm Tveit, Iveland District north of Kristiansand, Norway. A book of biotite...enormous spodumene crystals in the Black Hills of South Dakota ; the huge beryl crystals at Albany, Maine ;...tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1910. 6 Keith, Arthur, Gafiney-Kings Mt- Folio, South and North Carolina: U. ,5. Geol. Suraey, Geol. Folio...pegmatite aiUes in the Archean rocks of the Alma district, Park -C*tty, Colorado, measure four hundred feet...Maitlandlo has described pegmatites in the Wodgina district of Western Australia which "vary from mere threads...earth for great distances cannot be accepted, since mining operations have uncovered a definite bottom in...tin-bearing pegmatites of the pp' 111Erongo area, South-West Aftica Trans. Geol. Soc.S' AJrica,32 (for 1929)
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
 
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