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Copper from
Fairburn, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Comments:6 miles west of town.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairburn, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:384994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:384994:1
GUID (UUID V4):d1532966-0977-4f0a-bb39-d8f57c10cdd8
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘHayward, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘDakota Calumet Mine (Continental Copper Company Mine), Blue Lead Mine (Mahoney Bluelead Mine), Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘBlue Lead Mine (Mahoney Bluelead Mine), Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) ⓘDexter Claim (Ashley & Nyswanger), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘCopper Glance (Uranium Lode; Poisoned Ox Group), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
72.6km (45.1 miles) ⓘBox Elder Creek, Nemo, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘGopher Lode Occurrence, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘJungle Mine (Custer Peak Copper Mine), Roubaix, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) ⓘHomestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
97.6km (60.6 miles) ⓘCity Creek, Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
References
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Book (edition)
COVER -- Pairburn agates from South Dakota. Photo courtesy South Dakota School of Mines Museum. > 1...includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...4 How To Use This Book SOUTH DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type Agate Blue Chalcedony... THE CUSTER AREA ......... Tepee Canyon Agate ... Garnets ............................ Fairburn Agotes...RED RIVER VALLEY .... 32 NORTH DAKOTA .. 30 WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA Badlands and Buttes........... Gems
Book (edition)
EDITION SOUTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA KANSAS • INDIANA • • MISSOURI ILLINOIS • NORTH DAKOTA • OHIO...includes SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...Jasper 25 Golden Barite - 13 Black Agates The Custer Area Tepee Canyon Agate Page 8 12 Ardmore Agate...28 29 _ - _____ 30 18 Faulted Sandstone Fairburn Agates 19 The Needles 32 Pegmatite Minerals...Minnesota 32 Wisconsin 39 Nebraska 40 North Dakota 43 Indiana . 45 Ohio 46 Michigan 50 Missouri
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...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and...Thomas Campbell is a graduate student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. His major in­
Book (volume)
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW...Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia... Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4:...Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W...Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505
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[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...to be made. The most complete mineralogy of South Dakota and the Black Hills is found in Roberts and...965). Some uncited mineral species are from the South Dakota School of Mines Museum of Geology. Noteworthy...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR BULLETIN 472 RESULTS OF SPIRIT LEVELING SOUTH DAKOTA 1896 TO 1910, INCLUSIVE R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF...Hermosa, Oelrichs, Eapid, and Sundance quadrangles (Custer, Lawrence, Meade, and Pennington counties) ......inserted at (?. Ji and 7>, Copper temporary bench mark, consisting of a nail and copper washe A, C, and _E,...- PLATE I .RESULTS'OF SPIRIT LEVELING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 1896 TO 1910, INCLUSIVE. R. B. MARSHAIX, Chief...tlie work. All results of spirit leveling in South Dakota previous^ published by the United States Geological
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 643 SPIRIT LEVELING IN SOUTH DAKOTA 1896 TO 1915, INCLUSIVE R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF...Hermosa, Oelrichs, Rapid, and Sundance quadrangles (Custer, Lawrence, Meade, and Pennington counties). 13... Sisseton, and White Rock quadrangles (Roberts County)__ _ 53 Appendix A: Elevations adjusted by the...inserted at G. B and J), Copper temporary bench mark, consisting of a nail and copper washer. A, C\ and E...there is no rock. PLATE 1 SPIRIT LEVELING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 1896 TO 1915, INCLUSIVE. R. B. MARSHALL, Chief
Journal (issue)
Commerce. ) THE FAIRBURN AGATI by Jane Culp Zeitner 11 What makes the elusive fairburn different from...bestow on agates. Even dyed agates cannot equal the fairburn for color (Illustrated. ) MODELING CHURCHES Is...finally went into. mining as a promoter and | iper of copper and vermiculite mines. He level was the organizer...College, Colorado Springs, Colo. J E Cup ZEITNE! f South Dakota, 1s familiar t ur readers for delightful a ints...blade ........... 4” Allen Faceteer’s saw with thin copper blade ...... waiihiies 4” Allen Faceteer’s Saw
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Heights 11, L.I., N.Y. | CT oe R AGATE SHOP South 1709 Cedar Street SPOKANE 41 WASHINGTON 44 RS...Sa Michigan, where he is a very active t the Tri-County Rocks and Minerals Soci and incidentally a f [...AND MINERAL CLUB visited th ld mu du ps in the Copper ( tr ipper Michigan, durin g late Oc b ind fk d...travel visited the ‘gold coast’ and diamond mines of South Afri the pyramids of Egypt, and became as familiar...mind, we have decided to include the world-famous Copper Country”, the Felch Randvill District in Dickinson
Report (issue)
UC-NRLF B 3 JTH am IDD DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. J. E. 3 TODD, STATE GEOLOGIST ... MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK HILLS BY CLEOPHAS C. O^HARRA...MINERAL BUILDSSUM&^RIAL FUELS AND WATERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA > WITH PRODUCTION FOR IQOO BY JAMES E. TQ02...TQ02 TODD EARTH SCIENC LIBRARY GIFT OF SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. J. E. 3. TODD...TODD, STATE GEOLOGIST MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING MINERAL WEALTH OF THE BLACK HILLS
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near the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which has a fantastic collection of minerals and...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty motor...Association Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society’s Annual Gem Show Better...15500 E 40th Ave., Denver, CO 80239 El Dorado County Fairgrounds 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville
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Rock-Granite 109 110 90 90 91 91 a2 * North Dakota Fossil-Jeredo Petrified Wood 111 * Ohio Gemstone-Ohio...Gem-Garnet Fossil-Eurypterus remipes 102 103 104 * South Carolina Gem Stone-Amethyst Stone-Blue Granite...Fossil-Columbian Mammoth * South Dakota Mineral-Rose Quartz Gemstone-Fairburn Agate Fossil-Triceratops...136 137 138 Fossil-Allosaurus Rock-Coal Mineral-Copper Mineral-Galena Rock-Red Granite Soil-Antigo Silt...hastened the settlement of the nation. Bauxite, coal, copper, galena and fluorite were necessary ingredients
Journal (issue)
taken away in a split second—witness the Harrison County (southern Mississippi) Gem and Mineral Society.............................................. 20 Copper Flashing Removal Tip ............................American Federation of Mineralogical Societies & South Central Federation of Mineral Societies. All meetings...Rushmore in South Dakota during the summers of 1959, I made a collecting trip to the Fairburn agate beds...eventually discarded. The other is a 1 by 2 inch Fairburn agate. After it was polished, I realized it is
Report (issue)
AMERICA SOUTH DAKOTA 1989 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SOUTH DAKOTA 1989 "The... "The Pulpit," Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Apparently named for its resemblance to a ministerial...complex features characteristic of South Dakota Badlands. In South Dakota, the term "badlands" is generally...GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICASOUTH DAKOTA 1989 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...National gazetteer of the United States of America. South Dakota 1989 / prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey
Book
PUBLIC LIBRARY Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 833 00476 9409 j552...can find trilobites. The mountain of bugs in Juab County, Utah, is one of the best. To find a trilobite...be found in 29 Rockhound Trails Oklahoma, South Dakota and Colorado, in other colors. The more barren...roses that look like sugar-frosted buttons. Farther south, on the lava hills, are found rare roses containing...along all of the eastern seaboard; in Ohio and South Dakota; in Louisiana, Nebraska and Iowa. Many small
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 (issue)
...................... • ...... .......... 42 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Officers... CA Host. Gem and Mineral Society of Sen Meleo County. H.B. Murnan. P.O Box 53, NAS Moffett Field. CA...Oklahoma Rockhound Friends. Annual Rock Swap. Grant County Fairgrounds. Pond Creek. OK. Hwys 81 end 60. Bea...00. 19. Fine Mabe Pearl Paire. From the famous South Sea Butterfly Oyster Matched pairs· 10mm • $1.00...Ungraded rough opal from Andamooka and Coober Pedy In South Australia. Mixed sizes and colors. $28.00 per lb
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147 Worthington St., Boston 15, Mass. EXCHANGE — Copper arsenates and other rare xld minerals. Foreign...Canada. 276 KENTUCKY FOSSILS-New find in Bath County. Brachiopods, platystrophias, Ordovician. Five...Specimen in matrix, 2V2", $1.25 postpaid. Anderson County Corals, fine, reddish, 2 " x 3 " , $1. Satisfaction...Taconite ore with taconite pellets with silver, copper and uranium ore, five specimens $1.00. All items...piece guaranteed for fortifications. Postpaid in USA. The Breitweisers, 510-B N. Division, Powell, Wyo
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly into the...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked... 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
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the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto, pp....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...com PO Box 455 • Poncha Springs, Colorado 81242 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • Fax 719-539-4542 SUMMER 2002
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l d mineral specimens i n c l u d ing many rare copper arsenates and phosphates. M i c r o - m o u n t...minerals, and other materials. Helen Springer 1 1 1 2 South 1 7 t h A v e . Y a k i m a , Washington. FOSSILS...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle R d „ Rochester, 9,New...marine animal only $1.10 each postpaid anywhere in USA and Canada." ALTAMONT ROAD ROCK CLUB, 3546 Altamont...Send 3c stamp for Price List. 1020 Custer Ave., Custer, South Dakota. QUARTZ CRYSTAL—Unusual groups and
Report (issue)
Chalcedony Chalcopyrite Chalk Chert Chlorite Coal Copper Dolomite Epidote Feldspar. Fluorite Geodes 1 1...Agate, Type II Occurrences. Fortification or "Fairburn" Agates. Prairie Agates . Moss Agates Agate, Type...or family, such as the carbonate minerals or the copper minerals. Some may prefer to collect only micromounts...first metals used by man were very likely native copper masses that were eroded from basaltic rock. Early...I A N DEVONIAN SILURIAN ORDOVICIAN CAMBRIAN } DAKOTA Graneros Greenhorn - Corille Niobrara Pierre
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d mineral specimens i n c l u d i n g many rare copper arsenates and phosphates. M i c r o - m o u n t...minerals, and other materials. Springer 1 1 1 2 South 17th A v e . Yakima, Washington. FOSSILS SIXTEEN...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle R d . , Rochester, 9 ...Send 3c stamp for Price List. 1020 Custer Ave., Custer, South Dakota. MAINE TOURMALINE—Rough, from recent...Jr., 91 1 Pine St., Benton, Kentucky. FOR SALE—FAIRBURN AND LIMESTONE AGATES, Petrified Wood and other
 
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