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Ludlamite from
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ludlamite
Formula:Fe32+(PO4)2 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ludlamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50726
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50726:6
GUID (UUID V4):1f24c30b-2c1f-478f-b44a-7f5e3a70f370
Nearest other occurrences of Ludlamite
10.8km (6.7 miles) Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Big Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) White Cap Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Dan Patch Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Wood Tin mine, Harney City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COOK Department of Geolo Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho Downloaded by [University of...and old deposits reopened. One such mineral, ludlamite, is periodically available in outstandingly beautiful...specimens from a small number of occurrences, and a ludlamite specimen from one of America’s classic localities...nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Ludlamite is best known in shades of green that vary from...hardness of 3.5 and has a density of about 3.15. Ludlamite possesses perfect { 001 ] cleavage and indistinct
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
Report (issue)
Series: Occurrence: An alteration Association: Ludlamite, Forms a series with reddingite. product of triphylite...pegmatite, near Mesquitela, Portugal. In the USA, in the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New...from the Dan Patch mine, 1.5 km west of Keystone, Pennington Co., and the Bull Moose and Tip Top mines...mines, near Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota. At the Enio pegmatite mine, northeast of Galileia, Minas Gerais...the EI Criollo pegmatite, Cerro Blanco, Tanti district, 45 km west of Cordoba, Cordoba Province, Argentina
Report (issue)
zoned complex granite pegmatites. Association: Ludlamite, vivianite, huréaulite, lithiophilite, siderite...pegmatite, near Mesquitela, Portugal. In the USA, in the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New...from the Dan Patch mine, 1.5 km west of Keystone, Pennington Co., and the Bull Moose and Tip Top mines...mines, near Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota. At the Énio pegmatite mine, northeast of Galiléia, Minas Gerais...the El Criollo pegmatite, Cerro Blanco, Tanti district, 45 km west of Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA. 6.36 (10), 3.17 (10), 3.02 (9), 2.67 (4), 3.58 (3)...00 (1) Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. (2) Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA. (3) Ca2 (Fe, Mn)(PO4...Association: Triphylite, anapaite, vivianite, ludlamite, siderite, goyazite, whitlockite, herderite, amblygonite...Salsigne mine, 15 km north of Carcassone, Aude, France. From Kustanai, Kazakhstan. In the USA, at the...the Foote mine, near Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina; from the Palermo #1 mine, near North
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: North Groton, New Hampshire, USA. 2.88 (10), 3.21 (9), 2.60 (9), 5.24 (8), 3.47 (7)...0.51 Total 99.80 99.1 (1) Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to Ca8.97 (Mg0.67 Fe0.52...guano; in chondrite meteorites. Association: Ludlamite, fairfieldite, triphylite, siderite, apatite,...(meteorites). Distribution: In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New...Maine; at the Tip Top and Bull Moose mines, near Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota. In the Tanco pegmatite
Report (issue)
(Clementine II pegmatite, Namibia); garyansellite, ludlamite, arrojadite, vivianite, metavivianite, souzalite...Yukon Territory, Canada. In the USA, in South Dakota, from the Bull Moose, Dan Patch, and Ferguson mines...and the Big Chief mine, one km south of Glendale, Pennington Co.; from the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest...southwest of Custer, Custer Co.; in the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. At Hagendorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
some nice dark red xline cuprite. "From Silver Hill Mine (Waterman Mts.), Pima Co., Ariz., I collected nice...rhombs. (I got some beautiful azurite xls from this mine at Pardos Rock Shop in Tucson, Ariz.) "Some beautiful...Wittsburg Creek on the east side of Crowley Ridge, south of Hwy. 64 about 6 miles. There are several petrified...3 inches in the other. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. COLORADO—A loose but beautiful...(amazonite) crystal was sent in by Crystal Gallery, 20 South Garrison, Linwood, Colo. 80226. "This represents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, U.S.A. 2 Planetary...locality for this mineral. 40.3.5.1 ludlamite DD219 60–70% ludlamite, and 30–40% siderite 40.3.6.1 vivianite...Top pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota Serra Branca pegmatite, 12 km south of Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba... Germany Tip Top Mine, Custer Co., South Dakota Serra Branca pegmatite, 12 km south of Pedra Lavrada...Brazil Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada Les Moulins Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
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 (issue)
Articles Type locality minerals of the Black Hills, South Dakota ..............................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION The Black Hills of western South Dakota are a great storehouse of mineral wealth, and a great variety
Journal (issue)
AUSTRALIA Dear Reader, MINERALS Foshagite, Ludlamite, Tephroite, Zinnwaldite GROUNDWORK On the Mineral...free throughout the series, as they are needed. SOUTH AFRICA Subscriptions Telephone (011) 652 1838, fax...It was extracted from the Earth at the Pedra Alta Mine, San Geraldo do Baixio (Brazil). Below: A brooch...Washington DC (USA), who made a particular study of the geology of Crestmore in Riverside County, California...foshagite is at Crestmore in Riverside County, California (USA)—it is against specimens from here that
Book (edition)
Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT RAPP...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson, M. E.,...rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated
Catalog/List
Chrysocollc': 2.6. 2x1-$5.00 AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 4 xls & grou;:.is, 1-1...yellow tabular xls to 3.5 cm, rich MB5. Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; (a) translucent...50; covered with micro Barite xls; ~Butte Co., South Oakota; white xls, usua1ly partially 8-2. 3 cm-$2...Calcite & limonite: 4x4.2x2.2-$8.50 MD327. Magna Mine, Superior, Arizona; (a) showy; sharp black tabular...00; (c) 1.5-2 cm-2 for $2.00 M239. Muzo Emerald Mine, Columbia; (a) emerald green xl fragments from ane
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Book
Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area...area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico. Treatment
Book
copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...(5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica...found in many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold...in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets of crystallized
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa
Book
copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals were also found in Berezovsk, Ural
 
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