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Feldspar (commodity) from
Rattlesnake Mine, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Feldspar (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Feldspar (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rattlesnake Mine, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1135479
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1135479:4
GUID (UUID V4):76b89077-e357-4bbd-b294-f7d532da30d9
Nearest other deposits of Feldspar (commodity)
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘPonca Group, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘPhillip and Phyllis Lodes, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘWhite Tail Lode, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘQueen Claim, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘGoat Lode (Gout), Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘMaderposson Occurrence, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘConfidence No. 1 Lode, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘBeryl Feldspar Mine, Unorganized mining district [1], Custer County, South Dakota, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘNew England Prospect, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘMonte Carlo Prospect, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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...phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the number...mhite-tantalite. ambl ygonite, spodumene, and feldspar probably peaked in the 1940s. However, many of...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in
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
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)
muscovite in pegmatite wall zones, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA B.L. JOLLIFF,'J.J.PAPIKE,* andC.K. SHEARER'...Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63 130499, USA *Institute of Meteoritics, Department of Geology...University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87 13l- 1126, USA (Received January 6, 1992; accepted in revised form...character and degree of compositional evolution in the Keystone area of the Black Hills. Whole-rock compositions...pegmatite are similar to those of muscovite from K-feldspar-rich assemblages of other pegmatites where the
Book (edition)
semi-precious in Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to... CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE...short direction of the prismatic crystal, and feldspar has a pearly-type parting difficult to describe...inside the earth. Granites are largely quartz and feldspar, to- gether with several other minerals. as a...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...May 2015 Figure 3. Aquamarine (4.1 cm long), Mack mine, Rincon, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey...Aquamarine (1.8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen;
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...the famous Rattlesnake Butte sandcalcite crystal locality which is located 30 miles south of Interior
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Ohio......
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ North Dakota........................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota..........to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-1945 Black Hills, South Dakota By LINCOLN R. PAGE and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...deposits of mica, beryl, lithium, tantalum, tin, and feldspar UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________...deposits______-_-_____---_-___-_-_____-_-_____ 59 Feldspar deposits.._______-_--__-_-------_---------_ 60...mines and prospects___________________ 60 Addie tin mine._________________________________ 60 Ajax claim
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
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
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
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi...Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak in southern Pennington Co. At 7,242’ this peak is the highest point...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite
Report (volume)
SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................
Report (volume)
Canyons Wilderness Study Area, Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, and Westwater Canyon Wilderness...Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1736-C Chapter C Mineral Resources...Canyons Wilderness Study Area, Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, and Westwater Canyon Wilderness...Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah By ROBERT P. DICKERSON, JAMES E. CASE, and HARLAN N. BARTON U...Canyons wilderness study area, Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, and Westwater Canyon wilderness
Report (issue)
recovered by Dean Farris from mine dump waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirwin district . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....City) district .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 Stinkingwater district . . ...Sunlight district . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 22 Mine and... . . . . . . .. 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 Reported mine and prospect descriptions . . . . .. . . . . .
Report (issue)
Hermosa Formation in the northern part of the Moab district................................22 Regional stratigraphic...Regional stratigraphic relations.................88 Dakota Sandstone................................................... 126 South Mountain group...................................... 126 South Mountain stock............... 127 Intrusions around the stock of South Mountain........ 128 Middle Mountain group..................................146 Big Buck (Cutler) mine..........................147 History...........
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. 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
Report (issue)
districts and mines of the northern Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming By Anna Burack Wilson1 and Ed...districts and mines of the northern Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming By Anna B. Wilson and Ed DeWitt...northern Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. This data base contains mine information used by the...others, 1986, 1987a-h; DeWitt and Wilson, in press). Mine information is contained in the two ASCII data files...ten data fields and is numerically sorted by the mine identification numbers shown on maps in DeWitt and
Report (issue)
BILLINGS, Geoscience PAIGE W. CHRISTIANSEN, Historian-Mining ALLAN R. SANFORD, Geophysics F RA N K B. TITU... BULLETIN 10 The Geology and Ore Deposits of Sierra County, New Mexico by GEORGE TOWNSEND HARLEY 1934 New...Director A Division of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Stirling A. Colgate, President ...Sec. 63-1-4 Printed by New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Photo Laboratory, Sept. 1972 Bound...------------------------------------------- 15 Mining districts 16 Climate and vegetation ----------
Report (issue)
SURVEY Locatable Mineral Reports for Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming provided to the U.S. Forest Service...the St. Peters Dome district (Steven, 1949) ..................... 51 SOUTH DAKOTA Black Hills National...ADMINISTERED BY WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO By Anna B. Wilson U.S. Geological Survey...Upper Blue River mining districts. The remainder of the tracts are outside the mining districts. The Breckenridge...Breckenridge district primarily produced gold from placers although it also produced lode gold and lead-silver
 
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