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Vivianite from
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Vivianite
Formula:Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Triphylite2 photos of Vivianite associated with Triphylite at this locality.
Jahnsite Subgroup1 photo of Vivianite associated with Jahnsite Subgroup at this locality.
Rockbridgeite1 photo of Vivianite associated with Rockbridgeite at this locality.
Barbosalite1 photo of Vivianite associated with Barbosalite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vivianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136823
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136823:9
GUID (UUID V4):6cea2dce-ad3e-4a1f-af2d-964f8ba4b1eb
Nearest other occurrences of Vivianite
2.2km (1.4 miles) Helen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) Ross Mine, Berne, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Soda Spar Pegmatite, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Old Mike mine (Great Northern; Old Mike M.S.2212), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) Tin Queen Mine (White Blowout Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) White Cap Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
27.9km (17.4 miles) Peerless Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) Big Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, 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
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 (issue)
CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ............................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...------------------ 4 the « ♦ » ------- National Belle mine Arthur E. Smith, Jr. 9118 Concho Street Houston
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)
110.16(8)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 9.27 (10), 2.825 (8b), 4.91 (6b),... (1) 9.4 6.6 18.8 Total 92.2 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...messelite, vivianite (Custer Co., South Dakota, USA); laueite, strunzite (Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire...Hampshire, USA); graftonite, johnsomervilleite, mitridatite, phosphosiderite, rockbridgeite, vivianite, apatite...the USA, from the Tip Top, White Elephant, Bull Moose, Big Chief, and Linwood mines, near Custer, Custer
Report (issue)
α = 109.29(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sapucaia mine, Brazil. 3.045 (10), 3.285(9), 4.99 (5), 2.474 (4)...55 5.15 Total 100.01 100.00 2+ 3+ (1) Sapucaia mine, Brazil; corresponds to (Li0.90 Fe2+ Mn ) Fe 0.06...rockbridgeite, jahnsite, vivianite. Distribution: In Brazil, in the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast...pegmatite mine, northeast of Galiléia, Minas Gerais; from near Pedra Lavrda, Paraı́ba. In the USA, in the...Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; in South Dakota, from the Custer Mountain, Hot Shot, Elkhorn, Bull Moose
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,...pyromorphite (in essence, lead apatite), torbernite and vivianite. Mandarino (1977) estimates that less than 100...brecciated metamorphosed rock phosphate at Moculta, South Australia Optical constants: Not certain; low birefringence
Report (issue)
11.812(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Foote mine, North Carolina, USA. 11.12 (100), 3.37 (90), 8.47 (50), 2...0.15 0.20 n.d. Total 83.27 (1) Foote mine, North Carolina, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO...Metaswitzerite, vivianite (Foote mine, North Carolina, USA) huréaulite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA); triplite...phosphosiderite, paulkerrite (7U7 Ranch, Arizona, USA); scholzite, parahopeite, phosphophyllite rockbridgeite;...the USA, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina; at the Tip Top mine, 8.5
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
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...collectors have driven the price up so unconscionably on top-quality pieces that the casual shopper is in danger...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...collections meticulously accumulated over many years by top collectors and dealers such as Edward Swoboda, Dave
Report (issue)
658(9) c = 9.751(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Sapucaia mine, Brazil. 6.79 (10), 5.99(7), 3.06 (7), 2.916 (4)...Fe2 O3 41.35 K2 O 40.55 11.02 11.96 (1) Sapucaia mine, Brazil; recalculated after deduction of insoluble...manganoan lipscombite, frondelite (Sapucaia mine, Brazil); vivianite, aluminian strengite, diadochite, ferrostrunzite...(Bethel Church, Indiana, USA); rockbridgeite, triphylite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Distribution: In... and at the Fairview quarry, near Robertstown, South Australia. In the Bomi Hill, Bambuta, and other
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)
X-ray Powder Pattern: White Elephant mine, South Dakota, USA. 8.64 (10), 2.721 (7), 5.55 (6), 3.20 (4)...Total 100.0 100.00 • (1) White Elephant mine, South Dakota, USA. (2) Ca2 Fe3 O2 (PO4 )3 3H2 O. Occurrence:...ferrous phosphate minerals, typically triphylite or vivianite in granite pegmatite; a component of cement or...in phosphatic soils. Association: Triphylite, vivianite, rockbridgeite, heterosite, huréaulite, fairfieldite...In South Africa, in the Boons and West Driefontein Caves, Transvaal. In the USA, from the Tip Top, White
Report (issue)
= 120◦ 150 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sapucaia mine, Brazil. 3.361 (10), 3.313 (8), 4.84 (6), 3.239...36.26 4.60 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Criminoso mine, Brazil; by electron microprobe, Fe2+ :Fe3+ from...Tavorite, huréaulite, heterosite, triphylite, vivianite, roscherite, rockbridgeite. Distribution: In...Brazil, in Minas Gerais, at the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares...pegmatite mine, about 35 km north of São Jose da Safira, Agua Boa. In the USA, at the Palermo #1 mine, near
Report (issue)
series with reddingite. product of triphylite vivianite, hureaulite, in zoned complex granite pegmatites...pegmatite, near Mesquitela, Portugal. In the USA, in the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New...the Dan Patch mine, 1.5 km west of Keystone, Pennington Co., and the Bull Moose and Tip Top mines, near...near Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota. At the Enio pegmatite mine, northeast of Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil...the EI Criollo pegmatite, Cerro Blanco, Tanti district, 45 km west of Cordoba, Cordoba Province, Argentina
Report (issue)
solutions acting on earlier phosphates, may be post-mine; in cave deposits, the phosphate derived from guano;...Delvauxite, vashegyite, pitticite, melanterite, vivianite, wavellite, leucophosphite, phosphosiderite, ferrostrunzite...Arnsbach [TL], near Gräfenthal, and in the Garnsdorf mine and the Feengrotten (Cave), Saalfeld, Thuringia...Leoben, Austria. In the USA, from near Bethel Church, Pike Co., Indiana; at a coal mine in Jackson Township...Creek mine, near Shady, Polk Co., Arkansas; in the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg), a new mineral from the Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota: Description and crystal structure...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, Califoria...Illinois 60637, U.S.A. 3 P.O. Box 415, Rapid City, South Dakota 57709, U.S.A. Abstract Jahnsite-(NaFeMg), NaFe3+Mg2Fe3+...2, is a new mineral from the Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota. It occurs as the dominant chemical...definitive H-bonding scheme. Keywords: Jahnsite, Tip Top mine, new mineral, crystal structure, whiteite-jahnsite
Report (issue)
granite pegmatites. Association: Ludlamite, vivianite, huréaulite, lithiophilite, siderite. Distribution:...pegmatite, near Mesquitela, Portugal. In the USA, in the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New...the Dan Patch mine, 1.5 km west of Keystone, Pennington Co., and the Bull Moose and Tip Top mines, near...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)
497(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Stewart mine, Pala, California, USA. (ICDD 34-146). 3.152 (100), 8.09 (70)...triphylite, heterosite, rockbridgeite, cacoxenite, vivianite, fairfieldite, dickinsonite, eosphorite, stewartite...Viitaniemi pegmatite, near Eräjärvi, Finland. In the USA, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex...Bull Moose and Tip Top mines, near Custer, and the White Elephant mine, near Pringle, Custer Co., and elsewhere...elsewhere in South Dakota. In Brazil, at the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth Mountains of south-central Idaho. Although known by a few collectors...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crystallography of Tavorite from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota! By Andrew C. Roberts Geological...Roberts! Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, Abstract Bright...crystals of tavorite from the Tip Top pegmatite, near Custer, South Dakota are triclinic, space group Pl(2)...formula near end-member LiFe + 3(PO 4 )(OH). The Tip Top tavorite is biaxial positive, a = 1.795(5), j8...Lindberg and Pecora (1955) from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil where it was found as fine-grained
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...pegmatites. Association: Triphylite, anapaite, vivianite, ludlamite, siderite, goyazite, whitlockite, herderite...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)
granite pegmatites. Association: Scholzite, vivianite, phosphophyllite, strengite (Hagendorf, Germany)...Ranges, South Australia. In the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, B14318, References: (1) Sturman, B.D., R.C. Rouse
Report (issue)
Namibia); garyansellite, ludlamite, arrojadite, vivianite, metavivianite, souzalite, quartz (Rapid Creek...Lake Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. In the USA, in South Dakota, from the Bull Moose, Dan Patch, and Ferguson...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
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
 
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