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Custer, City of Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, United States

Alternative Names:	Camp Collins, Custer, Custer City, Kaster, Stonewall, ka si te, kastara, kastr dakwtay jnwby, kstr, Кастер, كستر, کاستر، داکوتای جنوبی, کیسٹر، جنوبی ڈکوٹا, कस्टर, 卡斯特
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat Locality:	Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Mindat.org Region:	Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Region:	City of Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, United States
Latitude:	43° 45' 59" N
Longitude:	103° 35' 55" W
Lat/Long (dec):	43.76665,-103.59881
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	1,620m
Population:	1,952 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	5763910
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5763910:7
GUID:	7592e7b9-bdbe-41cd-b16a-2abeefc7c47d

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Virginia Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 9" N	103° 35' 59" W	0.3km (0.2 miles)
Aladdin Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 12" N	103° 35' 52" W	1.5km (0.9 miles)
Dalmon Mica Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 47" N	103° 35' 37" W	1.5km (0.9 miles)
Surprise Mica Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 51" N	103° 35' 45" W	1.6km (1.0 miles)
Homestead No. 2 Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 52" N	103° 35' 52" W	1.6km (1.0 miles)
Big Time Lode Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 0" N	103° 36' 26" W	2.0km (1.2 miles)
Knowles lode claim, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 47' 4" N	103° 36' 0" W	2.0km (1.2 miles)
Homestead No. 3 Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 48" N	103° 36' 55" W	2.0km (1.2 miles)
White Dog Mica Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 26" N	103° 37' 17" W	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Sunshine Mica Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 47' 7" N	103° 36' 6" W	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Diamond Quartz Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 48" N	103° 37' 30" W	2.2km (1.3 miles)
Florence Lode Prospect (Harbach Mine), Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 47" N	103° 34' 17" W	2.2km (1.4 miles)
Lucky Star Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 55" N	103° 36' 45" W	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Gray Rocks Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 55" N	103° 36' 45" W	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Big Horn Lode Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 47' 5" N	103° 35' 0" W	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Lucky Spar Lode Occurrence, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 42" N	103° 36' 9" W	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Rte. 85A South, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 43" N	103° 36' 39" W	2.6km (1.6 miles)
Burgess Mica Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 29" N	103° 35' 57" W	2.8km (1.7 miles)
White Tail Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 0" N	103° 34' 21" W	2.8km (1.7 miles)
Rainbow Claim, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 34" N	103° 36' 40" W	2.8km (1.8 miles)
Climax mica mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 51" N	103° 33' 45" W	2.9km (1.8 miles)
Custer Mountain lode (Snookum mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 17" N	103° 33' 58" W	2.9km (1.8 miles)
Victory Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 56" N	103° 34' 9" W	3.0km (1.8 miles)
Case Claims, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 35" N	103° 33' 44" W	3.0km (1.9 miles)
Terry & Terry No. 1 Claims (Thom Carroll Property), Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 46' 19" N	103° 33' 42" W	3.0km (1.9 miles)
Dorothy No. 1 Lode Occurrence, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 19" N	103° 38' 1" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Empire Pegmatite Occurrence, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 12" N	103° 37' 57" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Unnamed Garnet occurrence, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 19" N	103° 35' 51" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Dorothy Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 45' 14" N	103° 38' 1" W	3.1km (2.0 miles)
White Spar Mica Mine (Westinghouse No. 2 Mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	43° 44' 51" N	103° 37' 41" W	3.2km (2.0 miles)

White Spar Mine, Pre-1923

White Spar Mica Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Custer Mtn Mine North Pit

Custer Mountain lode, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Ferrowyllieite

Victory Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

White Spar Mine, Pre-1923

White Spar Mica Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Custer Mtn Mine North Pit

Custer Mountain lode, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Ferrowyllieite

Victory Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

White Spar Mine, Pre-1923

White Spar Mica Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Custer Mtn Mine North Pit

Custer Mountain lode, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 3.2 km)

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

ⓘ 'Columbite-Tantalite'

ⓘ Elbaite

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ 'var: Perthite'

ⓘ Ferrobobfergusonite (TL)

ⓘ Ferrowyllieite (TL)

ⓘ var: Bastinite (FRL)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 3.2 km)

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

ⓘ Schist

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Wyoming Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Black Hills, USA	Mountain Range
South Dakota, USA	State
Custer County, South Dakota, USA	County
Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	City

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